77th Light Infantry Division

• UK Sanctions ListActive listingID MYA0077

  Source

  Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

  Source

  UK Sanctions List

  Retrieved

  2026-09-29

  Source date

  2025-04-09

  Extractor

  uk-xml-parser

  Raw evidence

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      <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction</SanctionsImposed>
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      <OtherInformation>The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.</OtherInformation>
      <UKStatementofReasons>
  The 77th Light Infantry Division (LID 77) is an involved person under The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 because LID 77 is or has been involved in the commission of serious human rights violations in Myanmar. Specifically in relation to the right to life and right of persons not to be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Myanmar on the basis of their political opinion. Namely the implementation of a planned, systematic crackdown involving excessive use of lethal force and killing of protestors, and 
  attacking freedom of speech, through internet shutdowns during protests in Bago.
     
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  Name on list

  77th Light Infantry Division

  Programmes / regimes

  Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

  Listed on

  2024-02-01

  Last updated

  2025-04-09

  Aliases

  77 LID · 77 Light Infantry Division · LID 77 · Light Infantry Division 77

  Countries

  Burma (Myanmar)

  Addresses

  BAGO, Myanmar

  Identifiers

  OFSI group ID: 16359

  Remarks

  The 77th Light Infantry Division (LID 77) is an involved person under The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 because LID 77 is or has been involved in the commission of serious human rights violations in Myanmar. Specifically in relation to the right to life and right of persons not to be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Myanmar on the basis of their political opinion. Namely the implementation of a planned, systematic crackdown involving excessive use of lethal force and killing of protestors, and attacking freedom of speech, through internet shutdowns during protests in Bago. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025. Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction

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