Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ambassador to China died suddenly on Sunday in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, according to an obituary in Myanmar state media and diplomatic sources in Beijing. The obituary for Ambassador U Myo Thant Pe from Myanmar’s foreign ministry in a state-run newspaper on Monday did not specify the cause of his death. Diplomats in Beijing and a Chinese language Myanmar official say the cause is likely to be a heart attack. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register U Myo Thant Pe was last seen on Saturday meeting with a local official in southwestern China’s Yunnan province that borders Myanmar, according to a local report. Myanmar’s embassy in China did not immediately respond to a query for comment. U Myo Thant Pe was appointed ambassador to China in 2019 and remained in the post after Myanmar’s military took power in a coup in February 2021. He was the fourth ambassador to die in China in the past year. German ambassador Jan Hecker, 54, died in September, less than two weeks into his tenure in Beijing. Ukraine’s ambassador Serhiy Kamyshev, 65, died in February during or shortly after a visit to a Beijing Winter Olympics venue. read more Philippine Ambassador Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana, 74, died in quarantine in eastern China’s Anhui province in April. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Yew Lun Tian and Reuters staff. Edited by Lincoln Feast Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
