<span style="color: #222222;">The United States has slapped sanctions against Myanmar's Chief of Military and three other top officers for gross human rights violations, including killing of Rohingya Muslims. <br />''<br />''Following the sanctions, Army Chief Min Aung Hlaing and the others along with their immediate family members have been banned from entering the United States. <br />''<br />''Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US is the first government to publicly take action with respect to the most senior leadership of the Burmese military. <br />''<br />''He also said, the ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas is an example of the continued and severe lack of accountability for the military and its top leadership. <br />''<br />''The State Department said, it took action against Army Chief and the others after finding credible evidence they were involved in the violence two years ago that led about 7 lakh 40,000 Rohingyas to flee across the border to Bangladesh.<br />''<br />''The US had last year designated two other generals Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw and General Maung Maung Soe.</span>