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#BREAKING Myanmar UK ambassador says military attache has "occupied" embassy

#UPDATE Myanmar's ambassador to Britain accused a Yangon military-linked figure of occupying the embassy and barring him access, in an extraordinary diplomatic stand-off after the envoy called for the junta to release civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi u.afp.com/UM89

Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kyaw Zwar Minn, who has called for the junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi, stands locked outside the embassy in London.

The ambassador says a Myanmar military-linked figure has "occupied" the embassy and is barring him access

VIDEO: Myanmar Ambassador to the United Kingdom Kyaw Zwar Minn says a military attache has 'occupied' the London embassy and is barring him access to the building

A leading Myanmar actor, singer and model who has backed the country's anti-coup protests has been arrested, his sister says, as the junta hunts more than 100 celebrities for supporting the movement

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📸 Paing Takhon at a demonstration in Yangon

Twitter spotlights Asia democracy movements with #MilkTeaAlliance emoji

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#BREAKING UK condemns 'bullying' Myanmar junta over seizing London embassy

#UPDATE Britain condemns "bullying" by Myanmar junta after the country's ambassador to London is ousted in an extraordinary diplomatic coup after calling for the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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Human rights abuses by the Myanmar junta.

#AFPgraphics on rights abuses by the military junta since the February 1 coup, as listed by a group representing Myanmar's ousted civilian government

VIDEO: Police stand outside the entrance of the Myanmar embassy in London after diplomats loyal to the junta seized it, leaving the ambassador locked out in the street

Myanmar's London embassy.

Myanmar's Ambassador to Britain Kyaw Zwar Minn told the Daily Telegraph that “when I left the embassy, they stormed inside the embassy and took it," referring to supporters of the military coup who were acting on "instructions from the capital"