Office of the Attorney General (Myanmar) explained

Agency Name:Office of the Union Attorney General
Seal:File:Office of the Attorney General (Burma) logo.png
Motto:The Legal Profession is a Noble Profession
Agency Type:Agency
Jurisdiction:Government of Myanmar
Headquarters:Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Chief1 Name:Dr Thida Oo
Chief1 Position:Union Attorney General
Chief2 Name:San Lwin
Chief2 Position:Deputy Union Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney General of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံး; abbreviated OAG) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The Office is led by the Union Attorney General of Myanmar.[1] The incumbent Attorney General is Dr Thida Oo, who was appointed on 2 February 2021 by Min Aung Hlaing following a military coup d'état on 1 February 2021. After the caretaker government was formed in 2021, the Union Attorney General's Office was reorganized into a ministry on 30 August 2021.[2] [3] [4]

Sanctions

On 31 January 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Attorney General, Dr Thida Oo, added to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.[5] The UK and Canada joined the U.S in the sanctions against Oo, in a "coordinated action against Myanmar military regime, targeting individuals responsible for undermining democracy and rule of law".[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tin Aye is EC chairman; Tun Shin nominated For Atty-Gen.. Myo Thant. 18 February 2011. Mizzima. 15 April 2012.
  2. News: ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ အမိန့်အမှတ် ၁၇၆ / ၂၀၂၁.
  3. News: Union Attorney-General Office reformed as Legal Affairs Ministry.
  4. Web site: ORDER NO. 176: MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS FORMED.
  5. Web site: Burma-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designation Removal. 2022-02-02. U.S. Department of the Treasury. en.
  6. Web site: UK announces new sanctions against Myanmar ahead of 1-year anniversary of coup. 2022-02-02. GOV.UK. en.
  7. Web site: US, UK, Canada sanction top Myanmar justice officials. 2022-02-02. www.aljazeera.com. en.