Summary
Building on the export controls and sanctions measures already imposed by the U.S. government in February in response to the military coup in Burma, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) imposed additional export control restrictions on March 8, 2021, and OFAC designated additional parties as Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN”).
The final rule published by BIS on March 8, 2021 implements the following changes to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) affecting Burma:
moving Burma from Country Group B to Country Group D:1;
adding Burma to the countries subject to military end use and military end user restrictions in § 744.21 of the EAR; and
U.S. blacklists adult children of Myanmar junta s leader
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People help an injured man during protests in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 28. Security forces continue to crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup. Photo by Xiao Long/UPI | License Photo
March 10 (UPI) The Biden administration blacklisted the adult children of the Myanmar junta s leader on Wednesday as human rights groups warn of escalating violence in the Southeast Asian nation.
Treasury announced Aung Pyae Sone, 36, and Khin Thiri Thet Mon, 39, the adult children of armed forces Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, as well as six of their companies have been sanctioned, freezing all of their U.S. property and assets while barring Americans from doing business with them.