A former diplomat dismissed by Myanmar s military junta for his opposition to last year s coup has criticized Japan for inviting the head of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe s state funeral.
Whether he is studying at a vocational school in Tokyo or doing a part-time job, Lian Ceu always worries about his parents and younger brother in Myanmar who survived but became displaced after his family s house in Chin State was destroyed by the country s military during an air strike last September.