Woman detained after American diplomat found dead in Myanmar

The department did not provide further details about the circumstances surrounding the person’s death or its cause.

Police were treating the case as a possible murder and had taken a suspect into custody

US officials in Thailand and the US embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the state department, which confirmed the “death of a US government employee” assigned to the embassy in Yangon, but gave no other details.

The Thai Embassy in Yangon and Thailand's Foreign Ministry refused to say whether they had provided consular support to the suspect or give any other information.