Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Myanmar
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 17 October 2018 on measures against Myanmar (SR 946.231.157.5), article 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Brigadier General Thura San Lwin was the Commander of the Border Guard Police from Oct 2016 until early Oct 2017. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Border Guard Police during that period. These include unlawful killings and systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 26 Oct 2026
Canada
ActiveDealings ban- Programme
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Special Economic Measures (Myanmar) Regulations, Schedule, Part 2
- Source
- Canada Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 26 Oct 2026
UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Myanmar
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Brigadier General Thura San Lwin, Commander of the Border Guard Police. He was commander of the BGP in Rakhine, during the most intense months of the Rohingya ‘clearance operations’, which commenced on 25 August 2017 and were at their most intense during the following two months. Thura San Lwin, directly and through his position of command, is responsible for overseeing the commission of serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, including physical abuse, torture and sexual violence against and detention of Rohingya people.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 26 Oct 2026