Because of the brutal actions of the army in Myanmar against demonstrators, the US has tightened its sanctions against the military junta. The Treasury Department in Washington announced punitive measures against two children of junta chief Hlaing on Wednesday.
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Because of the brutal actions of the army in Myanmar against peaceful demonstrators, the US has tightened its sanctions against the military junta. The Treasury Department in Washington announced on Wednesday punitive measures against two grown children of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who are said to have profited from their father’s behavior.
The reason for the sanctions was the military coup against “the country’s democratically elected civil government” and the “brutal killing of peaceful demonstrators,” the ministry said in a statement. Hlaing’s children, Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon, held shares in several companies that had benefited from “their father’s position and harmful influence,” it said. Assets that they have in the US will be frozen.
Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said that the security forces in Myanmar had “brutally and fatally attacked unarmed protesters at the behest of the military leadership” since the coup. The latest sanctions were designed to help hold those responsible for the coup accountable and also target those “who benefit financially from their links with the military regime”.
After the coup, the US had already imposed sanctions on high-ranking generals in Myanmar, including junta leader Hlaing.
The military in Myanmar seized power in a coup at the beginning of February and deposed the previous de facto head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, there have been daily protests in the Southeast Asian country, in which more than 60 people have been killed. Almost 2,000 people were arrested.
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