Japan to allow 2 axed Myanmar diplomats to remain after status expiry
Japan s government plans to allow two Myanmar diplomats in Tokyo, fired by their country s military junta for joining the anti-coup movement, to remain in the country even as credentials for one of the two is set to expire in just over a month, sources said Wednesday.
Arrangements are being made for the resident status of the two diplomats Aung Soe Moe, 51, and another who wishes to remain anonymous to be valid even after Aung Soe Moe s diplomatic credentials, issued by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, expires on July 15.
Japan says visa status of 2 fired Myanmar diplomats still valid Today 05:58 am JST Today | 06:36 am JST TOKYO
Japan has not revoked the visa status of two Myanmar diplomats in Tokyo who have been fired by the junta for opposing its Feb 1 coup and the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful protesters, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said. We do not perceive their actions as having been inappropriate, therefore their visa status has not been nullified, Motegi said at a press conference, when asked about the current resident status and how Japan plans to deal with the two following their dismissal by the Myanmar junta.
May 20, 2021
The Myanmar junta dismissed two diplomats at the country’s embassy in Tokyo after they boycotted their duties in protest against the Feb. 1 coup and ensuing violent military crackdown on demonstrators, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
The move follows the firing of Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations in February and the embassy lock-out of its envoy to Britain in April, and marks the first time for the ousting of Myanmar diplomats to be confirmed in Japan.
The junta-controlled Foreign Ministry withdrew the pair’s diplomatic status and passports and revoked their access to the embassy compound in which they were living until early March, the sources said.
Myanmar community in South Korea stages protest against military coup
Posted : 2021-02-11 08:02
Updated : 2021-02-11 09:50
Members of the Myanmarese community in South Korea protest against the military coup in the Southeast Asian country, near the Embassy of Myanmar in Seoul s Yongsan District, Feb. 5. After the military seized power and occupied the country s capital Nay Pyi Taw, the country s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other members of the National League for Democracy were detained by troops. Courtesy of Soe Moe Thu
By Jung Da-min
When large crowds were participating in demonstrations on the streets across Myanmar to protest the military coup there, Myanmarese communities in other countries also rose up against the military regime.