US urges Myanmar to hold security forces accountable in Rohingya crackdown

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Myanmar's government to take concrete steps to investigate human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and hold accountable members of its security forces and others for any involvement in those actions, a State Department official said on Friday.

Pompeo, meeting Myanmar minister Kyaw Tint Swe on Thursday at the U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York, also reiterated U.S. calls for Myanmar to immediately free two jailed Reuters reporters, according to a State Department summary seen by Reuters.

The meeting followed the recent release of two U.S. and U.N. reports chronicling atrocities in the military crackdown last year, which sent in which almost 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh.