Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- MYA0007
- OFSI group ID
- 13692
- Designation type
- Individual
- Date designated
- 29 April 2021
- Last updated
- 9 April 2025
Regimes
- The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Travel Ban
- Director Disqualification Sanction
Official reasons
- Brigadier General Thura San Lwin, Commander of the Border Guard Police. He was commander of the BGP in Rakhine, during the most intense months of the Rohingya ‘clearance operations’, which commenced on 25 August 2017 and were at their most intense during the following two months. Thura San Lwin, directly and through his position of command, is responsible for overseeing the commission of serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, including physical abuse, torture and sexual violence against and detention of Rohingya people.
Other information
- The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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