Kyaw Moe Tun currently faces an arrest warrant for treason because he had voiced support for an underground National Unity Government. - Reuters
YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar's foreign ministry said on Monday (Aug 9) that an alleged plot in New York against United Nations ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, an opponent of the ruling junta, had nothing to do with the country and was a US domestic case.
It was the military government's first statement since the arrest of two Myanmar citizens in connection with the alleged plot. It rejected comments made in condemnation by the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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