Britain targets suppliers to Myanmar junta in new sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Anne-Marie Trevelyan walks outside Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Britain on Monday sanctioned two individuals and a company in Myanmar for supplying equipment used by the country's military junta.

Those sanctioned include a company and its director supplying Myanmar's air force with aviation fuel and a director at a second company that supplies restricted goods and technology, Britain's foreign office said.