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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’affaires, as the UK will not recognise him as ambassador. Chit Win is trying to compel Kyaw Zwar Minn to leave the ambassador’s official residence in Hampstead, north London.
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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.
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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 like to urge the UK government to send them back,” Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn said through his spokesman who read out a statement in English.