Bar junta envoy from attending Abe funeral, axed Myanmar diplomat says

A former diplomat dismissed by Myanmar's military junta for his opposition to last year's coup has criticized Japan for inviting the head of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral.Aung Soe Moe said that if Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government allows Myanmar Ambassador to Japan Soe Han to attend Tuesday's funeral alongside other foreign representatives such as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, it would be a de-facto recognition of the junta and the Feb. 1, 2021 putsch."We, Myanmar residents in Japa…READ FULL ARTICLE