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Type	Sanction				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Authority	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK				[sources]
Program	Myanmar				[sources]
Start date	2021				[sources]
End date	not available				[sources]
Authority-issued identifier	`MYA0027`				[sources]
Listing date	2021				[sources]
Reason	On 1 February 2021 the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar. As part of the coup, Vice-President Swe declared a state of emergency on 1 February transferring the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the state to Min Aung Hlaing. On 2 February, the Tatmadaw established the State Administration Council (SAC), which is chaired by Hlaing, in order to run the functions of the state. The SAC is responsible for and/or has supported and/or has promoted the undermining of democracy, repression of the civilian population and commission of serious human rights violation in Myanmar. Further or alternatively the SAC is acting at the direction of and/or is associated with Min Aung Hlaing who has been designated under the Global Human Rights (Sanctions) Regulations 2020 and the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 for his commanding responsibility , as Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw, for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed by the Tatmadaw against the Rohingya population in Rakhine state in 2017 and 2019; and for the serious human rights violations committed by the Myanmar Security Forces since the coup on 1 February. Seven other members of the SAC are serving military officers, all of whom are also designated by the UK under the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021.				[sources]
Scope of sanctions	Asset freeze				[sources]
Status	Asset Freeze Targets				[sources]
Source link	www.gov.uk				[sources]
Modified on	2022				[sources]
Last changed	2023-10-17	Last checked	2024-05-01	First seen	2023-04-20

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Entity
Name	Country
Conseil d’administration de l’État · Conseil d’administration de l’État (SAC) · Consejo Administrativo Estatal · Conselho de Administração do Estado (CAE) · 22 more...	Myanmar (Burma)