U.N. urges sanctions on Myanmar army businesses, says foreign partners could be complicit

FILE PHOTO: Marzuki Darusman chairperson of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

JAKARTA (Reuters) - United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms doing business with them could be complicit in international crimes.

A panel of human rights experts identified scores of companies tied to the army, which controls vast swathes of Myanmar's economy through holding firms and their subsidiaries, and is accused by the U.N. of executing a campaign with "genocidal intent" against the Rohingya minority.