Myanmar’s UN envoy accuses military junta of township massacre

Kyaw Moe Tun, who has defied regime attempts to sack him, tells UN it must take action over killings in remote Sagaing area

Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired by the junta after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a reported massacre" by the military.

Kyaw Moe Tun sent a letter to the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday saying 40 bodies had been found in July in the Sagaing area of north-western Myanmar.