[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60713-60714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21074]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designations of Individuals Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13310

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of eleven newly-designated 
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, ``Blocking Property 
of the Government of Burma and Prohibiting Certain Transactions.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of eleven individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Orders 13310, is 
effective October 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (Treasury Annex), 
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Information about this designation and additional information 
concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 
service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On July 28, 2003, the President issued Executive Order 13310 (the 
``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President 
took additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared 
in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997, to address the Government of 
Burma's continued repression of the democratic opposition. The 
President identified four entities as subject to the economic sanctions 
in the Annex to the Order.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in, or hereafter come 
within, the United States, or within the possession or control of 
United States persons, of the persons listed in the Annex, as well as 
those persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to satisfy any of the 
criteria set forth in subparagraphs (b)(i) and b(ii) of Section 1. On 
October 19, 2007, the Director of OFAC exercised the Secretary of the 
Treasury's authority to designate, pursuant to one or more of the 
criteria set forth in Section 1, subparagraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii) of 
the Order, the following eleven individuals, whose names have been 
added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals and whose property 
and interests in

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property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13310:
    1. MYINT, KYAW (a.k.a. DR. KYAW MYINT); Burma; DOB 1940; citizen 
Burma; nationality Burma; Minister of Health (individual) [BURMA].
    2. NYEIN, CHAN (a.k.a. DR. CHAN NYEIN; a.k.a. DR. CHANG NYEIN); 
Burma; DOB 1944; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; Minister of 
Education (individual) [BURMA].
    3. LIN, AUNG THEIN (a.k.a. LYNN, AUNG THEIN); Burma; DOB 1952; 
citizen Burma; nationality Burma; Brigadier General, Mayor and Chairman 
of Yangon City (Rangoon) City Development Committee (individual) 
[BURMA].
    4. LWIN, SAW; Burma; DOB 1939; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; 
Major General, Minister of Industry 2 (individual) [BURMA].
    5. MIN, ZAW; Burma; DOB 10 Jan 1949; citizen Burma; nationality 
Burma; Colonel, Minister of Electric Power 1 (individual) [BURMA].
    6. THA, SOE; Burma; DOB 1945; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; 
Minister of National Planning and Economic Development (individual) 
[BURMA].
    7. THAUNG (a.k.a. U THAUNG); Burma; DOB 6 Jul 1937; citizen Burma; 
nationality Burma; Minister of Labor; Minister of Science & Technology 
(individual) [BURMA].
    8. THEIN, TIN NAING; Burma; DOB 1955; citizen Burma; nationality 
Burma; Brigadier General, Minister of Commerce (individual) [BURMA].
    9. TUN, HLA; Burma; DOB 11 Jul 1951; citizen Burma; nationality 
Burma; Major General, Minister of Finance and Revenue (individual) 
[BURMA].
    10. TUN, SAW; Burma; DOB 8 May 1935; citizen Burma; nationality 
Burma; Major General, Minister of Construction (individual) [BURMA].
    11. ZAW, THEIN; Burma; DOB 20 Oct 1951; citizen Burma; nationality 
Burma; Brigadier General, Minister of Telecommunications, Post, & 
Telegraph (individual) [BURMA].

    Dated: October 19, 2007.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E7-21074 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]
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