Arakan Watch: March 26, 2023
The United States has imposed additional Sanctions on Jet Fuel Suppliers and Military Cronies to Address Burma Military Regime’s Atrocities on March 24, 2023.
The US Department of Treasury has designated two individuals and six entities that are connected to Burma’s military and that have enabled the military regime’s continuing atrocities, including through the importation, storage, and distribution of jet fuel to Burma’s military. Sanctions on Tun Min Latt and his spouse Win Min Soe, as well as three entities owned or controlled by Tun Min Latt were denoted in the Treasury’s press release.
The Burmese military regime has continued to commit atrocities and violence against the people of Burma, with an increasing reliance on air strikes with unguided munitions and rockets in civilian populated areas from February 1, 2021’s military coup.
These attacks include air strikes in late 2022 on the village of Let Yet Kone in central Burma that impacted a school with children and teachers present, as well as an air strike in the northern state of Kachin that killed as many as 80 people who were attending a musical concert.
Beside this, the Brutal Burmese regime continues to inflict pain and suffering on the people of Burma. So, the United States continues to promote accountability for the Burmese military regime’s assault on the democratic aspirations of the people of Burma.
In addition to this, Treasury has issued a Sanctions Alert on Burma jet fuel to inform individuals, businesses, and other persons of the sanctions risks associated with the provision of jet fuel to Burma’s military regime.
The United States is committed to supporting the people of Burma and will continue to take actions to deny the regime the resources it uses to commit these atrocities, while the actions are taken further align with those taken by Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom.##
Treasury’s Press Release can be read here
