缅甸前驻英大使基亚·扎瓦·明因拒绝离开伦敦北部的大使官邸而被控非法侵入罪，目前正在伦敦法庭接受审判[1]。检方指控他在2021年5月至2024年11月期间非法侵入该外交官邸[1]。
事件源于2021年缅甸军方发动的政变[1]。政变后，军方在同年4月指示基亚·扎瓦·明交出国有财产[1]。由于他声称效忠遭推翻的民选领导人昂山素季，随后被当时的副手和军事武官锁在大使馆外[1]，曾在车中度过一晚[1]。此后他一直住在大使官邸[1]。英国外交部也曾要求他离开该官邸[1]。
辩方主张军政权缺乏合法性，无权终止其许可[1]；而控方认为其对被推翻政权的忠诚立场不能成为合法抗辩[1]。当前，缅甸内战已进入第六年，已有超过10万人丧生，500多万人流离失所[1]。昂山素季现年81岁，自政变以来一直被拘留[1]。
Kyaw Zaw Minn, the former Myanmar ambassador to the United Kingdom, faced trial in London on charges of illegally remaining in a diplomatic residence.[1] The defendant had been locked out of the embassy following Myanmar's military coup in April 2021 after declaring loyalty to deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and subsequently took up residence at the ambassador's official quarters in North London.[1]
The prosecution alleges that Minn unlawfully occupied the diplomatic residence between May 2021 and November 2024.[1] The Myanmar military junta instructed him to surrender state property in April 2021,[1] while the UK Foreign Office also demanded his departure from the official residence.[1] The defense contends that the military regime lacks legal authority to revoke his authorization to occupy the premises, though prosecutors argue this position cannot serve as a valid legal defense.[1] According to court records, Minn once spent a night in his car after being locked out of the embassy by his former deputy and the military attaché.[1]
The case unfolds against the backdrop of Myanmar's ongoing civil conflict, now in its sixth year, which has claimed over 100,000 lives and displaced more than five million people.[1] Aung San Suu Kyi, aged 81, has remained detained since the military takeover in 2021.[1]