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An American consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar\u2019s 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told AFP today. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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YANGON, June 13 \u2014 An American consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar\u2019s 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told AFP today.<\/p>\n

Security consultancy founder Adam Castillo published a book recently detailing his work in the business community through Myanmar\u2019s military putsch, after which much of the foreign community quit the country.<\/p>\n

Castillo, a former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, said on his LinkedIn social media profile this week that he was concluding an international promotional book tour in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

A Yangon police source said Castillo was detained as he returned to Myanmar on Thursday over a lawsuit brought by the current director of a business organisation he once headed.<\/p>\n

It was not clear whether the organisation was the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, which could not be reached immediately for comment.<\/p>\n

The police source, speaking anonymously because he was not authorised to share information, said Castillo was accused of breach of trust over a property, a crime punishable by up to a decade in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current group director filed a lawsuit against him related to their organisation affairs,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why he was detained at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

A court remanded Castillo in custody on Friday for two weeks, he said.<\/p>\n

A separate source with knowledge of the case, also speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Castillo\u2019s detention but could not provide any further details.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the US State Department said they were \u201caware of reports regarding the detention of a US citizen\u201d in Myanmar, but declined to comment further because of \u201cprivacy considerations\u201d.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Castillo\u2019s security firm AGS Myanmar declined to comment when contacted by phone.<\/p>\n

Myanmar\u2019s 2021 military coup deposed elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained, sparked an uprising of pro-democracy protests and tipped the country into civil war.<\/p>\n

Some countries have since treated Myanmar\u2019s leaders as pariahs, enforcing wide-ranging trade controls.<\/p>\n

Castillo\u2019s book is titled Finding Our Voice: A Story of Leadership in Crisis and the American Spirit Abroad<\/em>\u00a0and details his work in Myanmar.<\/p>\n

That includes \u201cconfronting the White House on failed sanctions policy\u201d, according to a sales blurb.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs diplomats fled, Castillo stayed, dodging bullets while evacuating employees and transforming a dying chamber of commerce into a thriving community,\u201d the blurb said.<\/p>\n

Myanmar was ruled by a military junta for five years following the coup.<\/p>\n

Military-run elections concluding this year were tightly controlled, excluding Suu Kyi\u2019s party and returning a walkover win for pro-military parliamentarians.<\/p>\n

Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing was voted in as civilian president in a transition that many democracy watchdogs dismissed as a civilian rebranding of military rule.<\/p>\n

Many analysts say the new administration has used the transition as a way to reform its reputation abroad. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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