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BANGKOK, May 11 (Reuters) - Three reporters and two activists from Myanmar have been arrested in Thailand for illegal entry and face possible deportation, the reporters news organization and local police said on Tuesday.
Broadcaster DVB (Democratic Voice of Burma) said the five were arrested on Sunday in the northern city of Chiang Mai and it appealed to Thai authorities not to deport them to Myanmar, where the news organization has been banned by the junta. Their life will be in serious danger if they were to return, said Aye Chan Naing, DVB s executive director, in a statement, which also appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for help.
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Myanmar’s U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun has been fired, state television said on Saturday, a day after he urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to reverse the Feb. 1 military coup.
Kyaw Moe Tun had told the U.N. General Assembly he was speaking on behalf of the ousted civilian government of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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State television, MRTV, said he had “betrayed the country and spoken for an unofficial organization which doesn’t represent the country and had abused the power and responsibilities of an ambassador.” (Writing by Matthew Tostevin Editing by Frances Kerry)
Myanmar s U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun has been fired, state television said on Saturday, a day after he urged the United Nations to use any means necessary to reverse the Feb. 1 military coup. Kyaw Moe Tun had told the U.N. General Assembly he was speaking on behalf of the ousted civilian government of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. State television, MRTV, said he had betrayed the country and spoken for an unofficial organization which doesn t represent the country and had abused the power and responsibilities of an ambassador. (Writing by Matthew Tostevin Editing by Frances Kerry)
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