Myanmar sees 'bad consequences' if U.S. imposes sanctions on militaryYANGON (Reuters) - Proposed U.S. sanctions targeting Myanmar s military for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims would hinder the fledgling civilian government sharing power with the generals, a spokesman for de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday. The bill, introduced by members of the U.S. Senate on the eve of Donald Trump s departure on his first trip to Asia since becoming president in January, seeks to reimpose some sanctions lifted last year as Myanmar returned to democracy. The measure would impose targeted sanctions and travel curbs on Myanmar military officials and bar the United States from supplying most assistance to the military until perpetrators of atrocities against the Rohingya in Myanmar s western Rakhine State are held accountable. Responding to the moves in Washington, Suu Kyi s spokesman, Zaw Htay, told Reuters,  we need internal stability to improve the country s economy. Imposing international sanctions directly affects the people in travel and in business investments, and there are many bad consequences.  Myanmar officials would explain the government s efforts on Rakhine during a visit by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson scheduled for Nov. 15, he added.  We will explain to him what we are doing when he comes here. We can not tell him not to do that. And we don t know what is U.S. policy,  Zaw Htay said. Zaw Htay, a former army major who is a holdover from the quasi-civilian administration that handed over the reins last year, said the army, known as the Tatmadaw, had to be involved in Myanmar s transition. Myanmar was previously hit by sanctions over the military junta s brutal suppression of the then opposition led by Suu Kyi, but Zaw Htay stressed the civilian government still has to work with the military.    The country s reconstruction cannot be done only by the government. The Tatmadaw needs to be involved, it is very clear. Everything has to undergo negotiation with the Tatmadaw under the 2008 constitution,  he said, referring to the charter drawn up by the junta before Myanmar began its democracy transition.   Sanctions and pressures affect the government s work. It won t be a positive result if they impose sanctions, as with the previous experience (of sanctions).  He added,  Of course, it will damage all the business investments, not only military-owned (businesses). It will definitely have a bad affect. There can only be bad results.  Republican Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain, and Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were among the lawmakers who have sponsored the bill.  A companion bill is also being introduced in the House of Representatives.  Members of Congress have pressed for a strong response to the plight of the Rohingya, and the Trump administration has been weighing labeling the actions by Myanmar s military as  ethnic cleansing . Myanmar has rejected that accusation, defending the military s actions as a counter-insurgency operation provoked by Rohingya militant attacks on 30 security posts in Rakhine State on Aug. 25. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since the military crackdown that has led to reports of burnt villages and widespread killings. The United Nations has denounced it as a classic example of ethnic cleansing. Zaw Htay said Myanmar was calling for the international community to  cooperate positively  on the Rakhine issue, rather than focusing on what he called mere allegations of abuse by security forces.  We are not ignoring human rights abuses,  he said.  They are all allegations. The international diplomats and international organizations who are saying what happened are always using allegations, without evidence. No one can give strong evidence of their allegations, although we asked for it.  Myanmar had so far been unable to take action based on the claims made by refugees in Bangladesh, he said.  We will take action if they are right...So cooperate with us by showing strong evidence, rather than basing it on just allegations.  worldnews
myanmar sees consequences imposes sanctions militaryyangon reuters proposed sanctions targeting myanmar military treatment rohingya muslims would hinder fledgling civilian government sharing power generals spokesman de facto leader sung san sup kyi said friday the bill introduced members senate eve donald trump departure first trip asia since becoming president january seeks impose sanctions lifted last year myanmar returned democracy the measure would impose targeted sanctions travel curb myanmar military officials bar united states supplying assistance military perpetrators atrocities rohingya myanmar western machine state held accountable responding moves washington sup kyi spokesman law stay told reuters need internal stability improve country economy imposing international sanctions directly affects people travel business investments many bad consequences myanmar officials would explain government efforts machine visit secretary state rex tillerson scheduled added we explain comes we tell and know policy law stay said law stay former army major holder administration handed reins last year said army known tatmadaw involved myanmar transition myanmar previously hit sanctions military junta brutal suppression opposition led sup kyi law stay stressed civilian government still work military the country reconstruction done government the tatmadaw needs involved clear everything undergo negotiation tatmadaw constitution said referring charter drawn junta myanmar began democracy transition sanctions pressures affect government work it positive result impose sanctions previous experience sanctions he added of course damage business investments businesses it definitely bad affect there bad results republican senate armed services committee chairman john mccain senator ben jardin top democrat senate foreign relations committee among lawmakers sponsored bill a companion bill also introduced house representatives members congress pressed strong response plight rohingya trump administration weighing labeling actions myanmar military ethnic cleansing myanmar rejected accusation defending military actions operation provoked rohingya militant attacks security posts machine state more rohingya muslims fled myanmar since military crackdown led reports burnt villages widespread killings the united nations denounced classic example ethnic cleansing law stay said myanmar calling international community cooperate positively machine issue rather focusing called mere allegations abuse security forces we ignoring human rights abuses said they allegations the international diplomats international organizations saying happened always using allegations without evidence no one give strong evidence allegations although asked myanmar far unable take action based claims made refugees bangladesh said we take action right so cooperate us showing strong evidence rather basing allegations worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Myanmar sees 'bad consequences' if U.S. imposes sanctions on militaryYANGON (Reuters) - Proposed U.S. sanctions targeting Myanmar s military for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims would hinder the fledgling civilian government sharing power with the generals, a spokesman for de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday. The bill, introduced by members of the U.S. Senate on the eve of Donald Trump s departure on his first trip to Asia since becoming president in January, seeks to reimpose some sanctions lifted last year as Myanmar returned to democracy. The measure would impose targeted sanctions and travel curbs on Myanmar military officials and bar the United States from supplying most assistance to the military until perpetrators of atrocities against the Rohingya in Myanmar s western Rakhine State are held accountable. Responding to the moves in Washington, Suu Kyi s spokesman, Zaw Htay, told Reuters,  we need internal stability to improve the country s economy. Imposing international sanctions directly affects the people in travel and in business investments, and there are many bad consequences.  Myanmar officials would explain the government s efforts on Rakhine during a visit by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson scheduled for Nov. 15, he added.  We will explain to him what we are doing when he comes here. We can not tell him not to do that. And we don t know what is U.S. policy,  Zaw Htay said. Zaw Htay, a former army major who is a holdover from the quasi-civilian administration that handed over the reins last year, said the army, known as the Tatmadaw, had to be involved in Myanmar s transition. Myanmar was previously hit by sanctions over the military junta s brutal suppression of the then opposition led by Suu Kyi, but Zaw Htay stressed the civilian government still has to work with the military.    The country s reconstruction cannot be done only by the government. The Tatmadaw needs to be involved, it is very clear. Everything has to undergo negotiation with the Tatmadaw under the 2008 constitution,  he said, referring to the charter drawn up by the junta before Myanmar began its democracy transition.   Sanctions and pressures affect the government s work. It won t be a positive result if they impose sanctions, as with the previous experience (of sanctions).  He added,  Of course, it will damage all the business investments, not only military-owned (businesses). It will definitely have a bad affect. There can only be bad results.  Republican Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain, and Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were among the lawmakers who have sponsored the bill.  A companion bill is also being introduced in the House of Representatives.  Members of Congress have pressed for a strong response to the plight of the Rohingya, and the Trump administration has been weighing labeling the actions by Myanmar s military as  ethnic cleansing . Myanmar has rejected that accusation, defending the military s actions as a counter-insurgency operation provoked by Rohingya militant attacks on 30 security posts in Rakhine State on Aug. 25. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since the military crackdown that has led to reports of burnt villages and widespread killings. The United Nations has denounced it as a classic example of ethnic cleansing. Zaw Htay said Myanmar was calling for the international community to  cooperate positively  on the Rakhine issue, rather than focusing on what he called mere allegations of abuse by security forces.  We are not ignoring human rights abuses,  he said.  They are all allegations. The international diplomats and international organizations who are saying what happened are always using allegations, without evidence. No one can give strong evidence of their allegations, although we asked for it.  Myanmar had so far been unable to take action based on the claims made by refugees in Bangladesh, he said.  We will take action if they are right...So cooperate with us by showing strong evidence, rather than basing it on just allegations.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: myanmar sees consequences imposes sanctions militaryyangon reuters proposed sanctions targeting myanmar military treatment rohingya muslims would hinder fledgling civilian government sharing power generals spokesman de facto leader sung san sup kyi said friday the bill introduced members senate eve donald trump departure first trip asia since becoming president january seeks impose sanctions lifted last year myanmar returned democracy the measure would impose targeted sanctions travel curb myanmar military officials bar united states supplying assistance military perpetrators atrocities rohingya myanmar western machine state held accountable responding moves washington sup kyi spokesman law stay told reuters need internal stability improve country economy imposing international sanctions directly affects people travel business investments many bad consequences myanmar officials would explain government efforts machine visit secretary state rex tillerson scheduled added we explain comes we tell and know policy law stay said law stay former army major holder administration handed reins last year said army known tatmadaw involved myanmar transition myanmar previously hit sanctions military junta brutal suppression opposition led sup kyi law stay stressed civilian government still work military the country reconstruction done government the tatmadaw needs involved clear everything undergo negotiation tatmadaw constitution said referring charter drawn junta myanmar began democracy transition sanctions pressures affect government work it positive result impose sanctions previous experience sanctions he added of course damage business investments businesses it definitely bad affect there bad results republican senate armed services committee chairman john mccain senator ben jardin top democrat senate foreign relations committee among lawmakers sponsored bill a companion bill also introduced house representatives members congress pressed strong response plight rohingya trump administration weighing labeling actions myanmar military ethnic cleansing myanmar rejected accusation defending military actions operation provoked rohingya militant attacks security posts machine state more rohingya muslims fled myanmar since military crackdown led reports burnt villages widespread killings the united nations denounced classic example ethnic cleansing law stay said myanmar calling international community cooperate positively machine issue rather focusing called mere allegations abuse security forces we ignoring human rights abuses said they allegations the international diplomats international organizations saying happened always using allegations without evidence no one give strong evidence allegations although asked myanmar far unable take action based claims made refugees bangladesh said we take action right so cooperate us showing strong evidence rather basing allegations worldnews