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US lifts sanctions on daughter of military-linked Myanmar businessman

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The United States Treasury Department removed Theint Win Htet from its sanctions list on Friday after she filed a lawsuit arguing that her father’s business activities do not affect her personally. Sanctions against her were imposed in January 2024 under former President Biden's administration, targeting the Shwe Byain Phyu Group of Companies founded by her father for supporting Myanmar’s military regime post-2021 coup. Critics like Justice For Myanmar have condemned this move, viewing it as a rollback in the US stance against those funding Myanmar’s junta, which is responsible for widespread violence and displacement since the 2021 coup.
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On Oct 9, the US lifted sanctions on Theint Win Htet, the daughter of a Myanmar businessman accused of supporting the country’s military. This decision followed a lawsuit filed by Theint Win Htet in July, arguing that she had no active role in her father's business and that the sanctions were hindering her education in the US, where she completed a bachelor’s degree at New York University and was enrolled in a master’s program at Columbia University.

The move came after Reuters reported that President Donald Trump’s administration had initiated talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, reversing previous policies aimed at isolating the military since their 2021 coup. These sanctions were imposed by former US President Joe Biden's administration on senior military officers and companies like Shwe Byain Phyu Group of Companies in January 2024, which was accused of providing support to the junta, contributing to a civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000 people and displaced over 3.5 million.

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Myanmar GPE · 8× Biden PERSON · 2× Malaysia GPE · 2× Theint Win Htet PERSON · 2× Theint Win Htet’s PERSON · 2× Washington GPE · 2× 3Myanmar GPE · 1× Rohingya NORP · 1× The US Department of the Treasury ORG · 1× The United States GPE · 1×

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US lifts sanctions on daughter of military-linked Myanmar businessman · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 1 hedged)

The United States has removed sanctions on the daughter of a Myanmar businessman accused of supporting the military-installed government. asserted
States → remove → government
The US Department of the Treasury removed Theint Win Htet from its sanctions list on Friday, according to its website, after she sued them in July. uncertain
she → remove → July
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that → cry → government
In January 2024, the Treasury Department under former President Joe Biden’s administration targeted the Shwe Byain Phyu Group of Companies, which was founded by Theint Win Htet’s father, Thein Win Zaw, along with his family. asserted
which → target → family
The department said the company supplied fuel to the military and owned at least 20 firms with close ties to the military leadership. asserted
company → say → leadership
Theint Win Htet originally requested her removal in a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration. asserted
Htet → request → administration
That case was dismissed last year. asserted
case → dismiss → ?
She then filed a second complaint in July, arguing that she has no role in her father’s business. asserted
she → file → business
The sanctions had blocked her US credit cards, restricted her foreign bank accounts and forced her to abandon her master’s degree at Columbia University in New York. asserted
sanctions → block → York
She now lives in Thailand with her mother, who was taken off the US sanctions list last year. asserted
who → live → list
Theint Win Htet’s lawyer, Washington, DC-based sanctions specialist Erich Ferrari, filed a notice with the federal court in the US capital on Friday to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit after her delisting. asserted
lawyer → base → delisting
The group Justice For Myanmar has condemned the Treasury Department’s decision, saying Myanmar’s military is escalating attacks on civilians. asserted
military → condemn → civilians
“It is deplorable that the US government continues to delist Myanmar cronies and their family members that provide funding for the junta’s terror,” the group said. asserted
group → continue → terror
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on military officers and companies after the 2021 coup, which sparked a civil war that has killed about 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million. asserted
that → impose → million
Washington lifted sanctions in July last year on several other Myanmar nationals and a company accused of aiding the military. asserted
Washington → lift → military
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