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Last modified on Tue 4 May 2021 14.24 EDT A UK-based NGO and solicitors representing Myanmar’s former ambassador to the UK want to use the junta’s efforts to evict him from his London residence as a test case to establish the illegitimacy of the junta in the English courts. Kyaw Zwar Minn became an international cause celebre last month when he was locked out of his embassy by his deputy, Chit Win, after breaking ranks with the military and calling for the release of Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The embassy is now run by Chit Win in the role of chargé d’affair...

2 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s ambassador to London told Reuters he was locked out of the embassy on Wednesday, with sources saying his deputy had shut him out of the building and taken charge on behalf of the military. The military seized power in Myanmar in a coup in February and have cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. London ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn has broken ranks with the ruling junta in recent weeks, calling for the release of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “I have been locked out,” he told Reuters outside the embassy in central London.

3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) -Myanmar’s ousted ambassador to the United Kingdom, who has been locked out of his embassy by the military, urged the British government on Thursday to refuse to recognise the junta’s envoys and send them back to Myanmar. In a move that has implications for Myanmar’s network of diplomats across the world, the ambassador was locked out of his London embassy on Wednesday by his deputy at the behest of the Myanmar military which seized power in February. “We believe the UK government would not back those who are working for the military junta and we also would...

Ousted ambassador who slept in car says family in Myanmar forced into hiding Sam Hancock © Provided by The Independent Myanmar’s recently-ousted ambassador to the UK, who was locked out of his own embassy last week and forced to sleep in a car, says friends and relatives in his home country have gone into hiding. Kyaw Zwar Minn, who was booted out of his role for declaring his loyalty to civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said the military regime is furious at his refusal to acknowledge their authority after they seized power in a coup. “Some friends and relatives, they a...