Myanmar’s military junta has detained Britain’s former ambassador to the country, as well as her husband, a prominent artist, reports the Guardian.
The arrests of Bowman and Htein Lin were likely planned by the military for some time, said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK. “The military feel themselves to be kind of under threat in a way that they’ve never felt before, and they are lashing out and arresting and killing anyone that they think is a danger to them,” said Farmaner, who has known Bowman for nearly 20 years.