NEW YORK: US prosecutors said on Friday they had charged two Myanmar citizens in a plot to attack the country's UN ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement who has refused military orders to quit.
Jacqueline Maguire, the acting assistant director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, said law enforcement acted"quickly and diligently" after learning of the potential assassination that was planned in Westchester County, a suburban area north of New York City where the ambassador lives."Our laws apply to everyone in our country, and these men will now face the consequences of allegedly breaking those laws," Maguire said in a statement.
Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 15, 2021. Kyaw Moe Tun made headlines after the coup by flashing the three-finger salute of democracy protesters from his UN chair as Myanmar's representative, brazenly defying the military's insistence that he no longer represents the country.
This country is doom. Too eager to get into western form of democracy. Democracy can't bring you food to the table. Learn from Vietnam, a communist country with its economy booming and improved living standard.
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