{"id":112107,"date":"2021-02-10T19:08:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112107"},"modified":"2021-02-10T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:08:05","slug":"biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar for its military coup, which tossed out its elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/li>\n<li>Kyi&#x27;s National League for Democracy (NLD) won Myanmar&#x27;s democratic election in a landslide last fall. But generals behind the coup have claimed this election as fraudulent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that he will impose immediate sanctions against military leaders in Myanmar who directed a coup that led to the detention of the nation&#x27;s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and others.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also said the Myanmar&#x27;s &quot;military must relinquish the power it seized&quot; and release the coup&#x27;s prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will identify a first round of targets this week, and we&#x27;re also going to impose strong exports controls,&quot; Biden said in announcing two new executive orders related to the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The president said he will bar Burmese generals from getting access to $1 billion in Myanmar funds being held in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also said, &quot;We&#x27;re freezing U.S. assets that benefit the Burmese government, while maintaining our support for health care, civil society groups and other areas that benefit the people of Burma directly.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>And he called on the military to not use violence against protestors exercising their democratic rights to object to the coup.<\/p>\n<p>Biden last week had condemned the military takeover of the civilian-led government, calling it &quot;a direct assault on the country&#x27;s transition to democracy and rule of law.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel laureate Suu Kyi&#x27;s National League for Democracy (NLD) had won Myanmar&#x27;s election in a landslide last November.<\/p>\n<p>But the generals behind the coup have claimed that the election was fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar citizens, including including monks and nurses, took to the streets in protest of the coup, draped in the red color of the NLD party.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the military banned rallies and gatherings of more than five people, along with motorized processions, and imposed a 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew for Yangon and Mandalay, the country&#x27;s first- and second-biggest cities.<\/p>\n<p>The military also banned citizens&#x27; use ofthe social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram &quot;until further notice.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. formally eased prior sanctions against Myanmar in 2012 to allow American dollars to enter the country, withholding certain investments in Myanmar&#x27;s armed forces and its Ministry of Defense<\/p>\n<p>But a clause in the move included the ability to bolster sanctions on &quot;those who undermine the reform process and engage in human rights abuses.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby last week said, &quot;We certainly have viewed with great alarm what has happened in Burma, but I don&#x27;t see a U.S. military role right now.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is breaking news. Check back for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/02\/10\/biden-announces-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-for-coup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cfntalkfoto106838649-1612982465864-gettyimages-1231083210-AFP_92P2AG.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/\",\"name\":\"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/politics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Pre Coin News\",\"description\":\"precoinnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News","og_description":"President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar","og_url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/","og_site_name":"Pre Coin News","article_published_time":"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cfntalkfoto106838649-1612982465864-gettyimages-1231083210-AFP_92P2AG.jpeg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/","name":"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup - Pre Coin News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-10T19:08:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/biden-imposes-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-leaders-who-directed-coup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Biden imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders who directed coup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/","name":"Pre Coin News","description":"precoinnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}