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Vicky Bowman and her husband reportedly had been charged with immigration offenses

Myanmar's military authorities have arrested the UK's former ambassador to Myanmar, Vicky Bowman, and her husband.

Five years ago it hit the Rohingya - today everyone has to fear the military regime in Myanmar. The junta rules with an iron fist and doesn't even spare foreigners.

The British Embassy says it is ""concerned by the arrest of a British woman in Myanmar"", while it is believed the couple are being sent to Insein prison, the notorious jail on the outskirts of the commercial capital of Yangon where many political prisoners are held.

Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain's former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation have said.

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(Reuters) -Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britains former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said

Vicky Bowman is among several foreigners who have been arrested in the Southeast Asian nation after the military seized power in a coup last year.

Beyond their painful shared history and look to the future. he laid a wreath at a monument to algerians killed during the independence war, which brought french colonial rule to an end 60 years ago. a former british ambassador to myanmar and her husband have been arrested in yangon. vicky bowman — who is no longer a diplomat — has been accused of breaking visa rules. and finally, it was on the brink of extinction in britain more than a0 years ago — but thanks to conservation work, the larg...

A former British ambassador to Myanmar who now heads a business ethics advisory group in the Southeast Asian country has been arrested, reports in the country's independent online media said Thursday.