Written question asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 February 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 March 2018. It was answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 March 2018 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Maung Maung Soe

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to impose targeted sanctions against Major-General Maung Maung Soe in response to his role in the persecution and violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and other peoples, in Burma.

Answer: The Government has been consistently clear in its condemnation of the terrible atrocities that have occurred in Rakhine State and the need to bring the perpetrators to justice. The UK has already suspended Burmese senior military visits and defence education. At the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 26 February Council conclusions were adopted on Burma. The UK was instrumental in securing agreement to begin the process of introducing targeted sanctions on individual senior military officers responsible for serious and systematic human rights violations.The UK supports the UNHRC Fact-Finding Mission to establish the facts and circumstances of the human rights violations and continues to urge the Burmese government to allow for unrestricted and unhindered access to the Mission.

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