Abuses appear “normal and allowed”In Myanmar clampdown

WASHINGTON:Abuses appear “normal and allowed” in Myanmar’s response to an armed uprising among its Rohingya (ROH’-hin-GAH’) Muslims, a senior U.S. official said.

The condition in Myanmar’s strife-hit Rakhine State is forming a pall over one of President Barack Obama’s legacy foreign policy achievements.

President Barack Obama and his advisers have long held up the former pariah nation’s U.S.-backed shift from military rule as a advance for American interests and democratic values in Southeast Asia. But then the plight of stateless Rohingya Muslims has only gotten worse.

Safety operations in the restive region have left dozens dead and displaced tens of thousands of Rohingya.