Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Ba Kyaw

Position

Staff Sergeant in the 564th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)

Nationality

Myanmar

Official reason

Staff Sergeant Ba Kyaw of the 546th Light Infantry Brigade of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) is responsible, through his role as Staff Sergeant, for the commission of and involvement in, serious human rights violations, the repression of the civilian population and actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Myanmar, in Rakhine S...

Other Information

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2021-04-29

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

Regime

UK country specific

Target State

Myanmar

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain financial, trade and immigration sanctions relating to Myanmar continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctions (EU...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/496/contents/made