The UK has confirmed today that it is no longer able to recognize Burma’s ambassador to the UK after the military government issued an official notice that Burma’s ambassador to the UK, Kyaw Zwar Minn, had been replaced because of his support for the Ung San Suu Kyi government.
British sources said the British government had to agree with the junta’s decision on Kyaw Zwar Minn as a matter of foreign policy. Kyaw Zaw Min was locked out of his embassy yesterday and denied access.
Diplomats loyal to the junta appear to have seized control of the embassy, leaving Kyaw Zaw Min on the streets and in his car overnight while anti-junta protesters demonstrated.
Kyaw Zaw Min said his deputy, Chit Win, took over the embassy two months after the military coup, which amounted to a coup d’état.
Min Hein, a member of the Burmese community based in London, read the statement on behalf of Kyaw Zaw Min and said they were still waiting for an official response from the British government.
Min Hein added: “We have also been informed that Chi Win’s team has threatened embassy staff with severe punishment if those staff do not continue to work for the junta.”
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab earlier today condemned the Burmese junta’s “bullying behavior” and renewed his call for the release of deposed democratically elected leader Ung San Suu Kyi.
We condemn the bullying by the Burmese junta in London yesterday and I commend Kyaw Zaw Min for his courage,” Raab said in a Twitter post.
“The UK continues to call for an end to the coup and appalling violence and a swift return to democracy.”
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