Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Ni Lin Aung
Position
Working in the Eastern Central Command since August 2022. He is the former Commander of the Eastern Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). On 21 July 2023 he was appointed Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and given the joint responsibility of Police Chief. On 3 August 2024 he returned to his previous military function.
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202500822
Official reason
Brigadier General Ni Lin Aung is the Commander of the Eastern Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). Part of the jurisdiction of the Eastern Command is the State of Kayah. In an attack on 24 December 2021 near Moso village in Phruso township, Karenni (Kayah) State, at least 35 persons were killed, among them civilians, children and two hum...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-21)
Date of listing
2025-04-28
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Myanmar
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the persons and entities listed in Annexes IV of Council Regulation (EU) 401/2013 should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. The list of persons and entities concerned is included in the Financial Sanctions Database (linked). - Member States shall enforce travel rest...
Official Information
In view of the absence of progress towards democratization and of the violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma, on 28 October 1996, the EU reaffirmed the restrictive measures already in place, which included an arms embargo, and introduced additional ones, such as travel restrictions and the suspension of high-level bilateral governmental visits ...
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