Pence says Myanmar's handling of Rohingya 'without excuse'

SINGAPORE: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed criticism from US Vice President Mike Pence and other leaders Wednesday over her government's treatment of its ethnic Rohingya Muslims.

In a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Singapore, Pence told Suu Kyi that he was anxious to hear about progress in resolving the crisis, which stems from a violent military crackdown in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.