[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 7805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2425]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designations of Individuals Pursuant to Executive
Order 13448
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 three newly-designated
individuals and four entities whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007,
``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to
Burma.''
DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of three individuals and
four entities identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Orders
13448, is effective February 5, 2008.
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 these designations 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 October 18, 2007, the President signed Executive Order 13448
(the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et. seq.). In the Order, the
President took additional steps with respect to, and expanded, 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 twelve individuals and
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, after
consultation with the Secretary of State, to satisfy any of the
criteria set forth in subparagraphs (b)(i)-(b)(vi) of Section 1. On
February 5, 2008, 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)-(b)(vi) of the
Order, the following three individuals and four entities, whose names
have been added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals and whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13448:
Individuals
1. MANN, AUNG THET (a.k.a. SHWE MANN KO KO); Burma; DOB 19 Jun 1977; c/
o Ayer Shwe Wah Company Limited; c/o Htoo Group of Companies; c/o Htoo
Trading Company Limited (individual) [BURMA]
2. THEIN, U KYAW; Burma; 503 Sembawang Rd., 02-29, 757707,
Singapore; DOB 25 Oct 1947; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; National
ID No. S2733659J (Singapore) issued 7 Jul 2005; c/o Air Bagan Holdings
Pte. Ltd.; c/o Htoo Wood Products Pte. Ltd.; c/o Pavo Aircraft Leasing
Pte. Ltd.; c/o Pavo Trading Pte. Ltd.; permanent resident Singapore
(individual) [BURMA]
3. THIHA (a.k.a. THI HA); Burma; DOB 24 Jun 1960; c/o Htoo Group of
Companies; c/o Htoo Trading Company Limited (individual) [BURMA]
Entities
1. AYER SHWE WAH COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a. AYER SHWE WA; a.k.a AYE YAR
SHWE WAH; a.k.a. AYEYA SHWE WAR COMPANY); 5 Pyay Road, Hlaing Township,
Yangon, Burma [BURMA]
2. HTOO GROUP OF COMPANIES; 5 Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, Burma
[BURMA]
3. MYANMAR AVIA EXPORT COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a. MYANMAR AVIA EXPORT)
[BURMA]
4. PAVO AIRCRAFT LEASING PTE. LTD.; 3 Shenton Way, 24-02
Shenton House, 068805, Singapore [BURMA]
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-2425 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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