Myanmar military brass hit with new US, EU sanctions over coup


Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan talks during a meeting with Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, March 25, 2021. Courtesy of Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - Reuters

YaANGON, March 22 (AFP): The European Union and the United States slapped sanctions Monday on top police and military commanders linked to last month's coup in Myanmar, as pro-democracy demonstrators went back to the streets in defiance of a violent crackdown on protest.

The junta is increasingly using deadly force to crush activists who have risen up against the military's ousting of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.

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