Washington, Feb 1 (AP) The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-generating ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup.
The sanctions on the country’s attorney general, the Supreme Court chief justice and others were announced by the Treasury and state departments to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the February 2021 coup that replaced a civilian-led government with a military regime. Had given.
The penalty freezes any assets the targeted people may have in US jurisdiction and bars Americans from doing business with them and must be supplemented by similar measures in Britain and Canada.
“As long as the regime continues to deprive the Burmese people of their democratic voice, we will continue to impose further costs on the military and its supporters,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.
To the Burmese people: We have not forgotten your struggle. And we will continue to support your bold resolve to bring democracy and the rule of law to your country.” In the judiciary, the new sanctions include Attorney General Thida Oo, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tun Tun Oo and Myanmar’s Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Tin Oo. The sanctions also affected KT Services and Logistics Co., which operates a major port in Yangon, Myanmar’s economic hub, and affected its CEO as well as the procurement department of the country’s defense ministry. .
“The United States will continue to work with our international partners to address human rights abuses and pressure the regime to stop the violence, releasing all who are unjustly detained, without interruption.” allow humanitarian access to the U.S., and restore Burma’s path to democracy,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (AP) SRY
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