Burma may leave out Martyr's Day
Burmese government informed diplomats in Rangoon that they would no longer be invited to attend the annual event to remember Burma's national heroes which was planned to be held on Saturday.
Mark Canning, British ambassador to Burma, suggested possible security concern may be a reason for government to change the plan.
It is not yet clear if the ceremony is just postpone or scrapped altogether.
Martyr's Day ceremony has been held annually since Burma's independent leader, General Aung San, and his cabinet ministers were gunned down in 1947.
Pro-democracy activists accused Burmese leaders of undermining the role of General Aung San because of the political standing of his daughter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burmese government informed diplomats in Rangoon that they would no longer be invited to attend the annual event to remember Burma's national heroes which was planned to be held on Saturday.
Mark Canning, British ambassador to Burma, suggested possible security concern may be a reason for government to change the plan.
It is not yet clear if the ceremony is just postpone or scrapped altogether.
Martyr's Day ceremony has been held annually since Burma's independent leader, General Aung San, and his cabinet ministers were gunned down in 1947.
Pro-democracy activists accused Burmese leaders of undermining the role of General Aung San because of the political standing of his daughter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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