Lawmaker Hails US Sanctions Against Myanmar Energy Company

Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the Treasury Department’s new sanctions this week against the Myanmar state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (see 2310310028), saying the measures will “disrupt the junta’s access to the U.S. financial system and curtail its ability to commit further human rights violations.”

Meeks said the sanctions were spurred by the Burma Act, legislation he introduced (see 2110050057 and 2204060054). “My bill, the BURMA Act, signed into law by President [Joe] Biden, called on the Administration to impose sanctions on MOGE; I am glad the Administration has followed through,” Meeks said.