UK offers shelter to Myanmar ambassador who condemned coup

Kyaw Zwar Minn locked out of London embassy by pro-junta diplomats

Britain has given temporary shelter to Myanmar's former ambassador to London after he was locked out of his embassy when he declared loyalty to the democratically elected government overthrown by a military junta in February.

Kyaw Zwar Minn had said the embassy had been seized by the military attache earlier this week and he had been locked out of the building. He spent Wednesday night in his car outside the embassy. His exact future legal status in the UK will depend on his plans, and the future of the struggle to restore democracy in Myanmar.