The United States and he applied punish the two corporations controlled by the Myanmar army to protest the coup and suppress protesters.

The US Finance Ministry today announced to bring two Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company (MEHL) and Myanmar Economic Corporation Ltd (MEC) to blacklist.

Myanmar's army "controls the important segments of the country's economy through these parent companies," according to the US Finance Ministry.

This is the latest move in the US sanctions a series of central banks and top generals Myanmar since the coup for February 1.

Fire rises from a barrier burned in the demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar on March 21.

He also announced sanctions aimed at MEHL with a related allegation "serious human rights violations for Rohingya people and the association with senior military officials".

"Today's sanctions targeted military financial benefits to withdraw financial resources for their civilian defenders", British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said in a statement.

Myanmar troops conducted a lightwarming coup, arresting a state advisor of Aung San Suu Kyi and many civilian government officials with allegations of fraud in the November election last year.

Myanmar security forces strongly suppressed protesters, using a dragon, slightly spicy, even real bullets to deal, causing many civilians to kill.

According to the association to support political prisoners, nearly 290 people died and more than 2,600 people were arrested since the demonstration broke out, the observers said the actual numbers could be much higher.

The US and Western countries are increasingly putting pressure on the Myanmar military government.

EU diplomats say that Mehl and Mec are likely to be punished by this sector to prevent investors and EU banks to deal with them.