Directorate for Defence Industries

• UK Sanctions ListActive listingID MYA0032

  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

  <Designation>
      <LastUpdated>09/04/2025</LastUpdated>
      <DateDesignated>10/12/2021</DateDesignated>
      <UniqueID>MYA0032</UniqueID>
      <OFSIGroupID>14165</OFSIGroupID>
      <Names>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Directorate for Defence Industries</Name6>
          <NameType>Primary Name</NameType>
        </Name>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Defence Products Industries</Name6>
          <NameType>Alias</NameType>
        </Name>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Ka Pa Sa</Name6>
          <NameType>Alias</NameType>
        </Name>
        <Name>
          <Name6>Karkweye Pyitsu Setyoun</Name6>
          <NameType>Alias</NameType>
        </Name>
      </Names>
      <RegimeName>The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021</RegimeName>
      <IndividualEntityShip>Entity</IndividualEntityShip>
      <DesignationSource>UK</DesignationSource>
      <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction</SanctionsImposed>
      <SanctionsImposedIndicators>
        <AssetFreeze>true</AssetFreeze>
        <ArmsEmbargo>false</ArmsEmbargo>
        <TargetedArmsEmbargo>false</TargetedArmsEmbargo>
        <CharteringOfShips>false</CharteringOfShips>
        <ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>false</ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>
        <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>false</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <Deflag>false</Deflag>
        <PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>false</PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>
        <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>false</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
        <TravelBan>false</TravelBan>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>
        <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
        <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
        <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
        <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>true</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
      </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
      <OtherInformation>The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.</OtherInformation>
      <UKStatementofReasons>
  The Myanmar military seized power from civilian leaders on 1 February in a coup d’état and established a military junta. The Myanmar security forces have committed serious human rights violations since 1 February 2021 and are responsible for the repression of the civilian population.
  The Directorate for Defence Industries (DDI) is a state-owned enterprise which operates under the Ministry of Defence (MOD). There are reasonable grounds to suspect that DDI is or has been involved in undermining democracy, the rule of law or good governance in Myanmar and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar by its involvement in the supply to Myanmar of goods or technology which could contribute to a serious human rights violation or abuse.
  Further, there are reasonable grounds to suspect that DDI, as a state-owned enterprise subservient to the MOD, is acting on behalf or at the direction of the Minister of Defence, General Mya Tun Oo, who has been involved in undermining democracy, the rule of law or good governance in Myanmar and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar, and is designated by the UK’s Myanmar sanctions regime.
  </UKStatementofReasons>
      <Addresses>
        <Address>
          <AddressCountry>Myanmar</AddressCountry>
        </Address>
      </Addresses>
      <EntityDetails>
        <Entity>
          <TypeOfEntities>
            <TypeOfEntity>Public Company</TypeOfEntity>
          </TypeOfEntities>
        </Entity>
      </EntityDetails>
    </Designation>

  Name on list

  Directorate for Defence Industries

  Programmes / regimes

  Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021

  Listed on

  2021-12-10

  Last updated

  2025-04-09

  Aliases

  Defence Products Industries · Ka Pa Sa · Karkweye Pyitsu Setyoun

  Countries

  Burma (Myanmar)

  Addresses

  Myanmar

  Identifiers

  OFSI group ID: 14165

  Remarks

  The Myanmar military seized power from civilian leaders on 1 February in a coup d’état and established a military junta. The Myanmar security forces have committed serious human rights violations since 1 February 2021 and are responsible for the repression of the civilian population. The Directorate for Defence Industries (DDI) is a state-owned enterprise which operates under the Ministry of Defence (MOD). There are reasonable grounds to suspect that DDI is or has been involved in undermining democracy, the rule of law or good governance in Myanmar and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar by its involvement in the supply to Myanmar of goods or technology which could contribute to a serious human rights violation or abuse. Further, there are reasonable grounds to suspect that DDI, as a state-owned enterprise subservient to the MOD, is acting on behalf or at the direction of the Minister of Defence, General Mya Tun Oo, who has been involved in undermining democracy, the rule of law or good governance in Myanmar and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar, and is designated by the UK’s Myanmar sanctions regime. The Director Disqualification Sanction was i

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