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BBC: Myanmar’s UK envoy says military attache has ‘occupied’ embassy

By BBC.

Published April 8, 2021. Updated April 8 at 7:59 am

Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kyaw Zwar Minn, stands with police officers locked outside the Myanmar Embassy in London on April 7, 2021. - Myanmar's ambassador in Britain on Wednesday said a Yangon miltary-linked figure had "occupied" the embassy in London, and that he was barred from accessing the building. "So this is kind of a coup," ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn told AFP outside the central London building, the scene of earlier protests, adding that "defence attache, they occupy my embassy". (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)

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Myanmar’s ambassador in London has spent the night in his car after saying he was locked out of his embassy. Kyaw Zwar Minn said staff were asked to leave the building by Myanmar’s military attaché on Wednesday night, and he was told he was no longer the country’s representative.