The Myanmar junta dismissed two diplomats at the country's embassy in Tokyo after they boycotted their duties in protest against the Feb. 1 coup and ensuing violent military crackdown on demonstrators, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
The move follows the firing of Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations in February and the embassy lock-out of its envoy to Britain in April, and marks the first time for the ousting of Myanmar diplomats to be confirmed in Japan.
The junta-controlled Foreign Ministry withdrew the pair's diplomatic status and passports and revoked their access to the embassy compound in which they were living until early March, the sources said.