While Aung Saan Su Kyi served as Myanmar's de-facto political leader, Win Myint was the official head of state. (Reuters)US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order Wednesday targeting Myanmar’s military regime with sanctions following a coup earlier this month that ousted the country’s democratically elected government. “The military must relinquish power it seized and demonstrate respect for the will of the peopleof Burma,” Biden said, using the former name of Myanmar. Many leaders of Myanmar’s military, including top general Min Aung Hlaing, are already subject to US sanctions that were applied in 2019 over the violence against the Muslim Rohingya . The military takeover of Myanmar has drawn fresh international condemnation, although it remains to be seen what impact new sanctions will have.

Source: Indian Express February 11, 2021 07:29 UTC