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Myanmar expels East Timor’s top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses
East Timor filed a war crimes complaint against Myanmar's junta citing evidence of atrocities, prompting diplomatic expulsion and ASEAN sovereignty concerns.
- Myanmar's military junta has expelled East Timor's top diplomat from the country within seven days over a criminal complaint filed by a rights group against Myanmar's armed forces.
- The rights group filed the complaint in East Timor, seeking an ASEAN member with an independent judiciary that would be sympathetic to the suffering of Myanmar's Christian minority.
- The diplomatic row escalates as Myanmar faces international scrutiny over alleged genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority at the International Court of Justice.
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Myanmar expels East Timor's top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses
Myanmar’s military government ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar's armed forces.
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Timor-Leste became the first country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to submit a complaint against another member. The diplomat has until 20 February to leave the country.
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