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Myanmar ambassador to London says staff 'threatened' with 'severe punishment'

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In a statement read on his behalf in front of Myanmar's embassy in London, ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn says embassy staff are being "threatened with severe punishment" if they don't agree to work for diplomats loyal to the Myanmar military authorities. Myanmar military authorities seized control of the building on Wednesday, in an extraordinary diplomatic coup that has left Kyaw Zwar Minn locked out in the street. SOUNDBITE

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