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STAR SAPPHIRE GROUP OF COMPANIES

Aliases

STAR SAPPHIRE GROUP; STAR SAPPHIRE CO. LTD.; STAR SAPPHIRE COMPANY LIMITED; KYEI NILAR COMPANY; KYEI NILAR COMPANY LIMITED; KYEI NILAR COMPANY LTD.

Address

No. 30 B, Room 701/702, Yadanar Inya Condo, Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Burma; Room 201, Building C, Takhatho Yeikmon Housing, New University Avenue Road, Bahan, Yangon, Burma

Official reason

Tun has utilized his companies, including the Burma-based STAR SAPPHIRE GROUP OF COMPANIES and Burma-based STAR SAPPHIRE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED, to import military arms and equipment, including drones and aircraft parts, while acting as Burma’s agent with the U.S.-sanctioned People’s Republic of China arms manufacturer NORINCO. Star Sapphire Group...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1364

Date of listing

2023-03-24

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 14014

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Myanmar

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Official Information

On February 10, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14014 of February 10, 2021, “Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma” (86 FR 9429, February 12, 2021). In E.O. 14014, the President determined that...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/01/2021-11483/burma-sanctions-regulations