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US launches additional Myanmar sanctions as protests escalate

Biden administration targets military leader’s family in effort to increase pressure

The Biden administration has announced a new package of sanctions to squeeze the finances of Myanmar’s military junta, as it seeks to strengthen its response to last month’s coup.

The measures come on top of sanctions announced by the Biden team last month targeting General Min Aung Hlaing, the country’s commander-in-chief, and other military leaders, as well as three mining and gemstone companies.

The US Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on two of Hlaing’s adult children — Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon — and six companies they own or control.

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