[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06150]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable 
legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. 
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with 
them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 
202-622-2480; or Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-
622-4855; or the Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & 
Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On March 22, 2021, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individuals

    1. HLAING, Than, Burma; DOB 1965; Gender Male; Deputy Minister 
for Home Affairs and Chief of Burma Police Force (individual) 
[BURMA-EO14014].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of Executive Order 
of February 10, 2021, ``Blocking Property With Respect To The 
Situation In Burma'' (``E.O. 14014'') for being a foreign person 
determined to be or has been a leader of the Burma Police Force, an 
entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in actions or 
policies that prohibit, limit or penalize the exercise of freedom of 
expression or assembly by people in Burma.
    2. SOE, Aung, Naypyitaw, Burma; DOB 03 Dec 1963; POB Pa Thein 
Town, Burma; nationality Burma; Gender Male (individual) [BURMA-
EO14014].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14014 for 
being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official of 
the military or security forces of Burma, or any successor entity to 
any of the foregoing.

Entities

    1. 33RD LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE BURMESE ARMY, Sagaing, 
Burma [BURMA-EO14014].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 14014 for 
being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or 
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, actions or policies 
that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of 
expression or assembly by people in Burma.
    2. 77TH LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE BURMESE ARMY, Pegu, Burma 
[BURMA-EO14014].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 14014 for 
being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or 
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, actions or policies 
that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of 
expression or assembly by people in Burma.

    Dated: March 22, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of 
the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-06150 Filed 3-24-21; 8:45 am]
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