Former British ambassador to Myanmar reportedly detained
Independent Myanmar media say a former British ambassador to Myanmar who now heads a business ethics advisory group has been arrested
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Independent Myanmar media say a former British ambassador to Myanmar who now heads a business ethics advisory group has been arrested
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.