Wednesday, October 24, 2007

USA financial sanctions on Burmese junta officials --

Singapore Street -- Photo copyright Kyi May Kaung.

Singapore is allegedly where all the junta folks do their banking and shopping and go to hospital. The late PM Soe Win spent his dying days there and was only taken back to Rangoon and the military hospital at the last moment, where he died of leukemia and was given a state funeral. Someone who attended the funeral said -- "The honor guard misfired (one of the old rifles used) -- It was not like a state funeral."

Note: On the other hand, new weapons were used on the peaceful demonstrators.

Here are 2 lists of individuals subject to most recent US targetted sanctions.

http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20071019.shtml

http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20071019a.shtml

World class art fair, Luna Luna--returns to Midtown Manhatten--

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly4q9d5vx8o