Ousted Myanmar ambassador charged with trespass in London residence row

Myanmar’s ex-ambassador to London has been charged with trespass for refusing to leave his ambassadorial residence, police said Wednesday, after he was stripped of his post by the military junta following a 2021 coup.

Kyaw Zwar Minn, 66, faces a charge of diplomatic trespass and will appear before a court on May 30, London’s Metropolitan Police said.

The case comes after diplomats close to the junta in April 2021 seized the embassy in central London. They refused access to Kyaw Zwar Minn, a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government overthrown by a coup in February that year.