15 kids and spouses of Myanmar military officials sanctioned by U.S.
03 Jul 2021, 17:02 GMT+10
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. on Friday sanctioned 22 people in Myanmar, including fifteen children and spouses of military officials deemed to be corrupt.
Wanbao Mining, Ltd., and King Royal Technologies have also been targeted by the U.S. Department of Commerce for providing financial support to the military in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Wanbao has additionally been implicated in labor rights violations and human rights abuses, including at the Letpadaung copper mine. In response to the brutal campaign of violence perpetrated by the Burmese military regime and to continue imposing costs in connection with the military coup, the U.S. Department of the Treasury s Office of Assets Control is designating today 22 individuals connected to the regime, pursuant to Executive Order 14014 Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma. These include three additional State Administr
US Sanctions More Myanmar Junta Members, Their Relatives and Chinese Firms
US Sanctions More Myanmar Junta Members, Their Relatives and Chinese Firms
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla (right) with other senior military members and their spouses in 2020. / CinCds
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By The Irrawaddy 3 July 2021
The US on Friday imposed another round of sanctions on Myanmar’s military regime, targeting its members, their spouses including the coup leader’s wife and adult children for its takeover in February, while adding Chinese companies to its trade blacklist for supporting the regime.
The US along with other Western countries had already imposed sanctions on the regime while condemning the junta for seizing power from the country’s democratically elected government led by its de facto leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
United States pours more pressure on Myanmar military junta
By Jay Jackson, Pittsburgh Star
03 Jul 2021, 17:02 GMT+10
The U.S. on Friday sanctioned 22 people in Myanmar, including fifteen children and spouses.
Wanbao Mining, Ltd., and King Royal Technologies have also been targeted. In response to the brutal campaign of violence perpetrated by the Burmese military regime and to continue imposing costs in connection with the military coup..
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. on Friday sanctioned 22 people in Myanmar, including fifteen children and spouses of military officials deemed to be corrupt.
Wanbao Mining, Ltd., and King Royal Technologies have also been targeted by the U.S. Department of Commerce for providing financial support to the military in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Wanbao has additionally been implicated in labor rights violations and human rights abuses, including at the Letpadaung copper mine.
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