Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN Myanmar Regime’s Violence Continues Unabated Despite Plea From ASEAN Young protesters staged a protest on Saturday morning calling ASEAN not to endorse military regime in Yangon. / CJ 286 By The Irrawaddy 26 April 2021 The Association of South East Asian Nations called for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar on Saturday, but the junta’s brutality has continued unabated. Even as the ASEAN leaders sat with coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta on Saturday, his troops killed at least three civilians, including a student, and continued brutal crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators demanding the restoration of democracy.