CELEX: 32018D0900
Language: en
Date: 2018-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/900 of 25 June 2018 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma

25.6.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               LI 160/9
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/900
   of 25 June 2018
   amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 22 April 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/184/CFSP (1) concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               On 26 February 2018, the Council adopted conclusions condemning the ongoing widespread, systematic grave human rights abuses committed by the Myanmar/Burma military and security forces. The conclusions called for proposals for targeted restrictive measures against senior military officers of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               On 26 April 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/655 (2) which provides for a legal framework for targeted restrictive measures against certain natural persons from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Border Guard Police responsible for serious human rights violations, for obstructing the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians in need and for obstructing the conduct of independent investigations into alleged serious human rights violations or abuses.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               In view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma and the responsibility for human rights violations committed by parts of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Border Guard Police, seven persons should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in the Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2018.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         F. MOGHERINI
      
   
   
      (1)  Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP of 22 April 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma and repealing Decision 2010/232/CFSP (OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 75).
   
      (2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/655 of 26 April 2018 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma (OJ L 108, 27.4.2018, p. 29).
   
      ANNEX
      The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP:
      
         
                      
                  
                  
                     ‘Name
                  
                  
                     Identifying information
                  
                  
                     Reasons
                  
                  
                     Date of listing
                  
               
                     1.
                  
                  
                     Aung Kyaw Zaw
                  
                  
                     Date of birth: 20 August 1961
                     Passport No: DM000826
                     Date of issue: 22 November 2011
                     Date of expiry: 21 November 2021
                     National Identification Number: BC 17444
                  
                  
                     Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw was the Commander of the Bureau of Special Operations No. 3 of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) from August 2015 to the end of 2017. The Bureau of Special Operations No. 3 oversaw the Western Command and, in that context, Lieutenant General Aung Kyaw Zaw is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Western Command during that period. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     2.
                  
                  
                     Maung Maung Soe
                  
                  
                     Date of birth: March 1964
                     National Identification Number: Tatmadaw Kyee 19571
                  
                  
                     Major General Maung Maung Soe was the Commander of the Western Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) from October 2016 to 10 November 2017 and oversaw the military operations in Rakhine State. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Western Command during that period. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     3.
                  
                  
                     Than Oo
                  
                  
                     Date of birth: 12 October 1973
                     National Identification Number: BC 25723
                  
                  
                     Brigadier General Than Oo is the Commander of the 99th Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State in the second half of 2017 by the 99th Light Infantry Division. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     4.
                  
                  
                     Aung Aung
                  
                  
                     National Identification Number: BC 23750
                  
                  
                     Brigadier General Aung Aung is the Commander of the 33rd Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State in the second half of 2017 by the 33rd Light Infantry Division. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     5.
                  
                  
                     Khin Maung Soe
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Major General Khin Maung Soe is the Commander of the 15th Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), under which Infantry Battalion No. 564. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State in the second half of 2017 by the 15th Light Infantry Division, in particular by Infantry Battalion No. 564. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     6.
                  
                  
                     Thura San Lwin
                  
                  
                     Date of birth: 1957
                  
                  
                     Brigadier General Thura San Lwin was the Commander of the Border Guard Police from October 2016 until early October 2017. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Border Guard Police during that period. These include unlawful killings and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                  
                  
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                     7.
                  
                  
                     Thant Zin Oo
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Thant Zin Oo is the Commander of the 8th Security Police Battalion. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State in the second half of 2017 by the 8th Security Police Battalion. The serious human rights violations include unlawful killings and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings. Those violations were conducted in conjunction with and in direct support of the 33rd Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) led by Brigadier General Aung Aung. Thant Zin Oo is therefore associated with listed person, Brigadier General Aung Aung.
                  
                  
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