Thai embassy in Yangon closes consular services for three days due to demonstration
Xinhua, December 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
The Thai Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, began a three-day closure of its consular services on Monday as prolonged demonstration had caused difficulties in access to the embassy compound.
However, the embassy will continue to provide special visa service during the time to emergency case such as emergency medical treatment on the basis of humanitarian ground, said an announcement of the embassy's consular section.
Hundreds of Myanmar people have been gathering outside the Thai Embassy here for the past several days protesting against the recent death sentence verdict of Thailand's Koh Samui provincial court on two Myanmar migrant workers.
Similar demonstrations also broke out in other places outside Yangon.
An appeal will be made against the death sentence within a month and coordination will be made with the Lawyers' Council of Thailand, Myanmar Embassy in Thailand and Myanmar's civil society organizations in Thailand before Jan. 11, government officials said.
Meanwhile, a Thai diplomat in Yangon has promised to convey the demand of Myanmar protestors for appeal to the King of Thailand as soon as possible.
The embassy has also alerted Thai nationals in Myanmar to watch out for safety. Enditem