Burmese exiles cheer ASEAN plea
‘IMMEDIATE CESSATION’:
While an ASEAN leaders’ summit ‘heard calls for the release of all political prisoners,’ the consensus statement did not hold a pledge to free them
AFP, YANGON, Myanmar
Myanmar’s shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to “military violence” after their crisis talks in Jakarta with Burmese Army Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
The junta leader on Saturday attended a high-level summit with ASEAN leaders to discuss Myanmar’s mounting crisis.
Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a Feb. 1 coup, Myanmar has been in an uproar with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement.