New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers

Opponents of Myanmar’s subject authorities person welcomed nan latest sanctions imposed by nan European Union, nan U.K. and Canada connected individuals and entities supplying aviation substance and instrumentality to nan army

BANGKOK -- Opponents of Myanmar’s subject government connected Wednesday welcomed nan latest sanctions imposed by nan European Union, nan U.K. and Canada connected individuals and entities supplying aviation substance and instrumentality to nan army, which has stepped deadly airstrikes.

The service is presently on nan protect against taste militias successful overmuch of nan state arsenic good arsenic hundreds of equipped guerrilla groups collectively called nan People’s Defense Forces, formed to conflict to reconstruct populist aft nan subject seized powerfulness from nan elected civilian authorities of Aung San Suu Kyi connected Feb. 1, 2021.

Over nan past year, nan service has suffered unprecedented battlefield defeats, and has been progressively relying connected indiscriminate aerial and artillery strikes.

“The quality authorities violations taking spot crossed Myanmar, including airstrikes connected civilian infrastructure, by nan Myanmar subject is unacceptable and nan effect connected guiltless civilians is intolerable,” Britain’s curate for nan Indo-Pacific, Catherine West said successful nan statement.

She said nan sanctions target nan suppliers of instrumentality and aviation substance to nan Myanmar military. "Alongside nan EU and Canada, we are coming further constraining nan military’s entree to funds, instrumentality and resources,” she said.

Six entities connected nan sanctions database see Asia Sun Group Company Limited, Swan Energy Company Limited, Myan-Oil Company Limited, Rich Ray Trading Company Limited, Progress Technology Support Company and King Royal Technologies Company Limited.

August 2024 saw nan highest number of airstrikes connected grounds by nan Myanmar military, sidesplitting dozens of civilians, West said.

Canada besides separately imposed sanctions connected 3 group including Myanmar’s Industry Minister Charlie Than.

Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for Myanmar’s main guidance group, the National Unity Government, thanked nan Western countries for nan sanctions and called for akin measures against nan remaining companies and cardinal resources that support nan subject and cooperate pinch it.

The Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, an independent deliberation vessel group, counted astatine slightest 7,186 airstrikes successful astatine slightest 156 townships since nan service takeover. Hundreds of civilians person been reported killed.