Military denies it is behind attack on country’s UN ambassador

Defiant envoy: Tun has repeatedly called for international intervention to help end the unrest in Myanmar. — Reuters

The country’s junta had “nothing to do” with an alleged plot to attack the country’s ambassador to the UN, who has defied the military and backed the pro-democracy movement, state media said.

Kyaw Moe Tun made headlines after the army’s February coup, brazenly disregarding its insistence that he no longer represents the country at the New York-based body.