13 Myanmar Junta Officials Have U.S. Assets Frozen Via Government Sanctions
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced it imposed sanctions on 16 people total, three of them being adult children of three senior military officials previously designated for U.S. sanctions. Myanmar’s newly created State Administration Council is also under sanctions. The designation freezes assets within a U.S. jurisdiction and bans those within a U.S. jurisdiction from performing financial transactions with those listed. The thirteen senior members on the list are part of the military’s effort to suppress opposition, which has killed hundreds of people, including children, since February....