The White House has sanctioned two other members of Myanmar’s military junta

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Armored vehicles are driving down a highway in Yangon, Burma on February 15, 2021, when the military junta cut off internet services and deployed troops and armored vehicles across the country to quell mass protests against the military coup and the growing civil disobedience movement. that has paralyzed government services. EFE / EPA / NYEIN CHAN NAING
Armored vehicles are driving down a highway in Yangon, Burma on February 15, 2021, when the military junta cut off internet services and deployed troops and armored vehicles across the country to quell mass protests against the military coup and the growing civil disobedience movement. that has paralyzed government services. EFE / EPA / NYEIN CHAN NAING

The United States government on Monday imposed sanctions on two members of Myanmar’s military junta, joining ten other officers punished by Washington earlier this month.

The United States’ two new sanctions are General Maung Maung Kyaw and Lieutenant General Moe Myint Tun, according to a statement from the Treasury Department.

L.sanctions are blocking the assets these two soldiers may have in the United States and they prohibit any transactions with them.

In the statement, the United States warned it will continue to work closely with its allies in the region and around the world “to put pressure on the Burmese military and police.”

The military, he added, must reverse their actions and urgently restore the democratically elected government in Myanmar, or the Treasury Department will not hesitate to take further action. “

Protest in Bangkok against military coup in Myanmar. ADRYEL TALAMANTES / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO
Protest in Bangkok against military coup in Myanmar. ADRYEL TALAMANTES / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO

This Monday’s sanctions are in addition to sanctions imposed on 10 officers on Feb. 11, including Myanmar Armed Forces Commander General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military uprising and the removal of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Hlaing presides the ruling military junta in Myanmar since the coup.

At the time, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that Washington could take additional measures: “As violence increases against peaceful protesters, the armed forces will realize that today’s sanctions are just the first

In parallel, the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, warned that the United States will not remain “idle” to the insurgency.

On February 1 Myanmar’s military has overthrown the democratic government, detained civilian leaders, blocked internet access and suspended flights.

The armed forces had already ruled Myanmar between 1962 and 2011, when a controlled transition to democracy began, and in 2015, the National League for Democracy (NLD) came to power, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi.

With information from EFE

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