Myanmar's president signs off on law seen as targeting Muslims

Myanmar's President Thein Sein speaks at the Mekong-Five Economic Forum hosted by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Tokyo, July 3, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

NAYPYIDAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's president on Monday signed into law the last of four controversial bills championed by radical Buddhists but decried by rights groups as aimed at discriminating against the country's Muslim minority.

Myanmar, which will hold its first democratic national poll in more than two decades on Nov. 8, has seen a flowering of anti-Muslim hate speech since the military gave up full power and opened up politics and the economy in 2011.