Several government ministers, military coup leaders and their adult relatives are targeted.
The United States has imposed new sanctions on 22 people, including four government ministers in Myanmar in response to attacks on the February military coup and the country’s pro-democracy movement.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that new sanctions were imposed “in response to the brutal campaign of violence carried out by the Burmese military regime and to continue to impose costs associated with the military coup.”
The sanctions are not directed at the people of Myanmar, but are aimed at putting pressure on the military to “immediately restore Burma’s (Myanmar) path to democracy,” Blinken said.
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Myanmar’s parallel finance minister has warned that he will not meet the debts of the junta
Myanmar’s interim national unity government has warned foreign banks to grant loans to the Min Aung Hlaingen junta, saying it will not recognize the debt after it regains power.
The warning was issued by the Finance Minister parallel government Aung San Suu Kyi, made up of supporters of the fallen leader. He said financial institutions should follow foreign investors to boycott the military regime.
“The NUG government will not accept any domestic or international debt created by the junta,” Tin Tun Naing told the Financial Times in a video interview inside Myanmar.
Myanmar journalists reunite on the run from the junta
On February 1, just hours after a military coup in Myanmar, the leaders of the Mizzima media group held an emergency meeting in Yangon.
The main journalists at the store had begun to come up with an operational protection plan a few days earlier, when rumors spread about the approaching purchase.
When the military took power, it was clear that the junta of Min Aung Hlaingen would revoke Mizzima’s license and block his TV signal and force journalists to enter the underground.
“Either you stay with Mizzima, fight together to risk your life for at least two years, or you won’t work for us,” Soe Myint’s general manager told staff.