(GNB Desk)- Myanmar ambassador to UK has been locked out of the London embassy after calling for the release of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Kyaw Zwar Minn told Reuters news agency “I have been locked out.”
Kyaw Zwar Minn said staff were asked to leave the building by Myanmar’s military attaché and he was told he was no longer the country’s representative.
Last month, he had called for the release of Suu Kyi, and ousted President Win Myint, drawing praise for his “courage” from British foreign minister Dominic Raab.
“It’s a kind of coup, in the middle of London… you can see that they occupy my building,” he said to Reuters, adding that he was talking to Britain’s foreign ministry about the situation.
Reuters reports, his deputy, Chit Win, has barred him and taken charge of the building with the help of the military attaché, diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Metropolitan Police said that they were “aware of a protest” outside the building in the Mayfair neighbourhood, and that public order officers were in attendance.
Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup on 1 February, sparking weeks of protests and escalating violence. Kyaw Zwar Minn has called for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
More than 500 people – including dozens of children – have been killed so far as pro-democracy protesters demand a return to power of elected leader Ms Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.
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