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Two global unions have released a list of 23 people with close connections to Myanmar military coup leaders demanding they should be subject to financial sanctions to prevent them from being used as proxies.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and UNI Global Union, representing working people in the finance sector, released the list of names which includes Aung Pye Sone, Myo Radan Theik and Khin Thiri Mon, relatives of Commander in Chief Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and Aye Nay Win and Kyaw Nay Win grandchildren of General Ne Win.
Other names on the list include physician and businesswoman Thet Thet Khine, Chit Khine, Chairman of the Eden group and Tayza, Chairman of the Htoo Group of Companies, as well as relatives and associates of Gen. Shwe Mann and Col. Aung Thaung as well as US citizen and recently appointed adviser to the coup leaders, Dr. Salai (Andrew) Ngun Cung Lian.
Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said: “These people are being used by the generals to evade financial sanction.201ns placed on them by the US and other countries. They too should be subjected to watertight sanctions to plug the leaks. Governments have a responsibility to act, and banks and other financial groups, including credit card companies, should close off credit and access to money for the murderous thugs that control the junta.”
“We are also calling on payment clearance services such as SWIFT to block payments to and from the coup leaders and their associates. Corporate complicity in the murder of innocent people and the pillaging of a nation by the military is unacceptable.” she said.
The world union bodies are also calling on banks to sever ties with banks controlled or part-controlled by the junta, including Myawaddy Bank, Innwa Bank, Myanmar Citizens Bank, and Construction, Infrastructure and Housing Development (CHID) Bank.
Christy Hoffman, UNI Global Union General Secretary, said: “As the number of young and peaceful protestors killed by Myanmar’s military junta grows, it becomes even more imperative that all companies with ties to Myanmar — including banks — accept their responsibility to help bring this unacceptable violence to an end.
“Financial sanctions imposed against the military’s top generals are one important step, but not enough. We must choke off the access to money and credit for those in their inner circle, the leaders of the coup and those who stand to benefit from its violence.”
The ITUC is the global voice of the world’s working people, leading efforts to promote and defend workers’ rights and interests through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning and advocacy within the major global institutions.
UNI Global Union, based in Nyon, Switzerland, represents more than 20 million workers from over 150 different countries in Commerce, Finance, Gaming, Information, Communication, Technology and Services Industry (ICTS), Post and Logistics among others.
A full list of the 23 can be found here https://www.ituc-csi.org/list-of-proxies-for-myanma
