11 Myanmar officials face EU sanctions over coup and protests crackdown

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-fingered gesture of resistance during a rally in Yangon (AP)

The European Union is set to slap sanctions on 11 officials in Myanmar who are accused of involvement in the military coup and the violent crackdown on protesters that followed.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said before chairing a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday: “We are going to take sanctions against 11 persons involved in the coup and on the repression of the demonstrators.”