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The Biden administration on Friday hit 22 senior Myanmar officials and family members with sanctions over the government’s crackdown on democracy protests after the coup. The action was accompanied by the removal of sanctions on three Iranian industrial executives whom the Trump administration penalized for supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program.
Treasury announced the move against seven members of the Myanmar military and 15 spouses and adult children of previously sanctioned officials as part of the U.S. response to the February coup and subsequent violence against demonstrators in the country, also known as Burma.
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
The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 22 individuals including four Myanmar government ministers in response to the February military coup and attacks against the country’s pro-democracy movement.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the new sanctions were levied “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 sanctions do not target the Myanmar people, but are aimed at pressuring the military to “immediately restore Burma’s (Myanmar’s) path to democracy,” Blinken said.
The sanctions target Myanmar’s minister of information Chit Naing, minister for investment Aung Naing Oo, labour and immigration minister Myint Kyaing, and Thet Thet Khine, the minister for social welfare, relief and resettlement.
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.
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.