[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8472-8473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02367]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11343]


Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions on Hong Kong 
Normalization

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on six 
individuals pursuant to the President's Executive Order on Hong Kong 
Normalization.

DATES: The Secretary of State's determination regarding the six 
individuals identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section was 
effective on January 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Ruggles, Director, Office of 
Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, Bureau of Economic and 
Business Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 
(202) 647 7677, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii)(A) of 
Executive Order (E.O.) 13936, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, may authorize the 
imposition of sanctions blocking all property or interests in property 
that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are in or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person, of any foreign person upon 
determining that the person met any criteria set forth in section 4 of 
E.O. 13936.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to section 
4(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 13936, that You Quan, Sun Wenqing AKA Sun Qingye, 
and Tam Yiu-Chung, are or have been leaders or officials of entities, 
including any government entity, that have engaged in, or whose members 
have engaged in, developing, adopting, or implementing the National 
Security Law.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to section 
4(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 13936, that Frederic Choi Chin-Pang, Kelvin Kong 
Hok Lai, and Andrew Kan Kai Yan are foreign persons who are or have 
been leaders or officials of an entity, including any government 
entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, 
coercing, arresting, detaining or imprisoning individuals under the 
authority of, or in developing, adopting, or implementing, the National 
Security Law.
    These persons have been added to the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons List and all property and interests in 
property

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subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these individuals are blocked, and U.S. 
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with 
them.

Peter D. Haas,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-02367 Filed 2-4-21; 8:45 am]
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