Myanmar ambassador is LOCKED OUT of embassy in UK by former colleagues

Myanmar's embassy in London was tonight seized by loyalists of the country's new military regime, according to the ambassador who has been locked out.

Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn has been a vocal opponent of February's armed coup and the imprisonment of overthrown civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Diplomatic sources told Reuters his deputy Chit Win led the takeover and has assumed charge of Myanmar's UK outpost on behalf of the ruling junta.

Speaking outside the Mayfair building tonight, Kyaw Zwar Minn, said he felt 'betrayed' by his colleagues, who refused him entry when he pressed the intercom.

He added to the Daily Telegraph: 'When I left the embassy, they stormed inside the embassy and took it. They are from the Myanmar military.

'They are refusing to let me inside. They said they received instruction from the capital, so they are not going to let me in. This a coup.'

Police officers were scrambled to the Charles Street site but have not entered the building, which diplomatic protocol means is technically on foreign soil.

Protesters also gathered on the street outside to rally against the military's takeover of the embassy.

The protest looks more like a press briefing