Military seizes property of Kyaw Moe Htun

12 November 2021
Military seizes property of Kyaw Moe Htun
Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's permanent ambassador to the United Nations, address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in prerecorded remarks, Sept. 14, 2020. Credit: UN Web TV screenshot

Myanmar’s military junta searched, sealed and posted a warrant notice on a house owned by the parents of the country’s ousted ambassador to the United Nations as part of a wider crackdown on former government officials loyal to the ousted democratically elected government, sources in the country told RFA.

Ambassador Kyaw Moe Htun said he opposed military rule during a U.N. special meeting on Feb. 26, several weeks after the military led by Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing toppled the NLD government.

The junta over the past three months has seized about 70 properties of NLD lawmakers and other members of the party, many of whom have joined the National Unity Government (NUG) or local armed militias that collectively call themselves the People’s Defence Forces (PDF).