The death toll from the start of the anti-coup protests in Myanmar nearly 600: this was reported by the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (Aapp). According to the non-profit organization for the defense of human rights based in Thailand, 12 people were killed on Wednesday, while another five who had lost their lives in recent days but had not been counted were added to the total: the new data brings the total sum of the victims at an altitude of 598. There are then 2,847 people ended up in prison.
The chaos in the Asian country has repercussions in the UK as well. L’ambassador of Myanmar in London, Kyaw Zwar Minn, accused the military attaché of the diplomatic office of having “occupied” the building and preventing him from returning. “I am locked out”, the diplomat told reporters, who had spoken out against the military coup on February 1st and had called for the release of the leader of the civilian government. Aung San Suu Kyi. Kyaw Zwar Minn told reporters that his staff were asked to leave the building and described today’s events as “a kind of coup in the middle of London”.
Images broadcast by the British media show the ambassador engaged in arguing with the police who, according to the BBC, was called to prevent his assistants from re-entering the building. According to diplomatic sources, the deputy ambassador, Chit Win, allegedly assumed the functions of Kyaw Zwar Minn. A spokesman for the British Foreign Ministry told the BBC that the Foreign Office is “trying to clarify the current status of the Myanmar ambassador in London, in line with diplomatic protocol”.
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