US Lifting Sanctions on Myanmar Junta Allies ‘Unconscionable’: UN Expert

GENEVA—The UN’s Myanmar expert on Wednesday criticized the US decision to lift sanctions imposed on the ruling generals’ allies and their military-linked firms, branding it “unconscionable”.

Washington lifted the sanctions after the junta chief sent a glowing letter of praise to US President Donald Trump earlier this month.

Tom Andrews, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said removing sanctions from individuals and companies that have provided weapons, supplies and other material support was a “shocking” turn in US policy that risked emboldening the junta and its enablers.