US announced fresh sanctions against Myanmar

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WASHINGTON, 18 May 2021, (TON): The US Department of Treasury on Monday announced fresh sanctions against Myanmar’s State Administration Council as well a number of designated senior officials.

The US Department of Treasury in a statement said that it had blacklisted 16 individuals connected to the military, including four members of the State Administration Council, three adult children of previously designated military officials, and nine senior government officials.

The Maynmar’s State Administration Council is being criticized for imposing one year of stste of emergency to exectute overthrow of the democratically elected civilian government.

Since 1 February, the state power in Myammar was handed over to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chair of the newly formed State Administration Council.

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