community to take concrete actions in response. On 22 March, the United States government imposed sanctions on Than Hlaing, the national chief of the Myanmar Police Force, Aung Soe, commander of the Myanmar Army's Bureau of Special Operations, and the Myanmar Army's 77th Light Infantry Division. The same day, the European Union imposed sanctions and travel bans on 11 individuals, constituting the first round of sanctions in the aftermath of the February coup. Legacy In the aftermath of the massacre, Burmese poet Thitsar Ni published the poem "Hlaingthaya," which recounted his own observations of the massacre. In January 2022, an English translation was published in a poetry anthology. See also 2021 Myanmar coup d'état 2021–2023 Myanmar protests List of massacres in Myanmar References External links December 2021 Human Rights Watch report 2021 in Myanmar 2021 murders in Myanmar Massacres in 2021 Internal conflict in Myanmar Massacres in Myanmar 21st-century mass murder in Myanmar March 2021 events in Asia March 2021 crimes in Asia Yangon Region