Three perpetrators intrude into Myanmar Embassy compound in Kuala
Lumpur

They set fire to the Chancery and Embassy vehicle

Myanmar condemns despicable act of the perpetrators

YANGON, 8 April- On 7 April 2004 at 10 am, three men armed with an
axe, knives and iron rods intruded into the compound of the Myanmar
Embassy in Kuala Lumpur by climbing over walls and attacked the
embassy. In the course of the attack, they set fire to the Chancery
and an Embassy vehicle. The embassy immediately informed the
Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malaysian Police and the
Fire Department. Moreover, the embassy staff, together with other
Myanmar nationals who were on the premises, fended off the attacks
forcing the perpetrators to flee. Subsequently, they were apprehended
by the Malaysian Police who had by then arrived on the scene.

U Khin Maung Lynn, Minister-Counsellor of the embassy, sustained
injuries as a result of the attack and is currently being treated at
a hospital. Ambassador U Hla Maung and other officers and staff of
the Embassy were not injured. Myanmar condemns the despicable act of
the perpetrators who set fire to the Chancery and inflicted injuries
on a diplomat and is doing what need to be done. It is cooperating
closely with the Malaysian authorities on the matter. U Aung Bwa,
Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department, who is currently in
Kuala Lumpur, held discussions in the afternoon of 7 April with
officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia. Likewise,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Yangon is also in contact with the
local Malaysian Embassy. In the meantime, an enquiry team from
Myanmar has been dispatched to investigate the matter and work
together with the Malaysian authorities.

The Malaysian authorities have given assurances that necessary
investigations would be made and firm action taken against the
prepetrators with the full force of law. The Myanmar Embassy in Kuala
Lumpur is now functioning normally.

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