Myanmar forces kill 25, as source reveals raid on Japanese diplomatic staff

Myanmar’s security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta, it emerged on Sunday – the same day a Japanese government source revealed that the Yangon homes of Japanese diplomatic staff had been forcibly entered by security forces earlier in the year.A spokesman for the military did not respond to calls requesting comment on Friday’s violence at Depayin in the Sagaing region, about 300km (200 miles) north of the capital, Naypyidaw.The…