UKSL Sanctions designation

Thura San Lwin

Individual · designated 29 April 2021

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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