Myanmar Ambassador Fired After Extraordinary Rebuke Of The Military Before The U.N. - NPR

Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists.

Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists.

The day after Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations made a remarkable speech before the United Nations General Assembly denouncing the country's recent military coup, state television in Myanmar is reporting that he has been removed from his post.

Defying the military in his remarks Friday, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun denounced the coup as "not acceptable in this modern world," and pleaded for international intervention to use "any means necessary" to bring an end to the upheaval.

"We still need the strongest possible action from the international community to immediately end the military coup, to stop oppressing the innocent people, to return the state power to the people, and to restore the democracy," Kyaw Moe Tun said.

Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's ousted ambassador to the U.N., gives a salute used by pro-democracy demonstrators protesting the military coup.

Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's ousted ambassador to the U.N., gives a salute used by pro-democracy demonstrators protesting the military coup.