The US placed sanctions on 4 Chinese Communist Party officials over abuse of Uighur Muslims

• Four Chinese officials were sanctioned by the United States over the abuse of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. 
• Xinjiang Public Security Bureau as an entity also faced sanctions. 
• Chen Quanguo, a leading member of the powerful Politburo was one of the four officials to received sanctions. 
• China has been accused of torturing and abusing the Turkic Muslim minority group in what activist called tantamount to "genocide."
• China has repeatedly denied those claims. 
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The United States has sanctioned four Chinese officials over human rights violations towards Uighur Muslims, the US Department of Treasury announced in a statement. 

"The United States is committed to using the full breadth of its financial powers to hold human rights abusers accountable in Xinjiang and across the world," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement.

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