{"id":317877,"date":"2021-08-07T00:22:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pair-busted-in-ny-for-plot-against-myanmar-ambassador-to-un-feds\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T00:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:22:50","slug":"pair-busted-in-ny-for-plot-against-myanmar-ambassador-to-un-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pair-busted-in-ny-for-plot-against-myanmar-ambassador-to-un-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pair busted in NY for plot against Myanmar ambassador to UN: feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Pair busted in NY for plot against Myanmar ambassador to UN: feds<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two Myanmar citizens plotted to attack and potentially kill the country\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations in a Westchester County scheme, the feds said Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects, Phyo Hein Htut and Ye Hein Zaw, were each indicted on charges of conspiracy to assault and make a violent attack upon a foreign official, in this case, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>Tun is the UN ambassador representing  Myanmar\u2019s elected government, which was overthrown in a February coup by the Burmese military. <\/p>\n<p>Htut was living in New York when a Thai weapons trafficker communicated with him in July and early August, according to the indictment. <\/p>\n<p>The trafficker, who sells weapons to the Burmese military, hatched a plan for Htut to pay hired goons to attack the ambassador in an attempt to get him to step down from his post, US authorities said. If Tun refused to vacate the position, the arms dealer said, the attackers would kill him, according to the feds. <\/p>\n<p>Zaw, 20, was a moneyman in the scheme, wiring Htut, 28, about $4,000 as an advance payment for the attack, which was planned to take place in Westchester County, authorities said. For an additional, $1,000 the attackers would \u201cfinish\u201d the ambassador, the feds said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun\" class=\"wp-image-19052090 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kyaw-Moe-Tun.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kyaw-Moe-Tun.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kyaw-Moe-Tun.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kyaw-Moe-Tun.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kyaw-Moe-Tun.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Myanmar\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun was targeted by two suspects. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Denis Balibouse\/File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, Ambassador Tun had told Reuters that police were guarding him after authorities caught wind of the threat. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cReportedly there is some threat. The police are working on it. Necessary security has be provided by the police,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Htut and Zaw face five years in prison if convicted. They were expected to be presented in White Plains federal court later Friday. <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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