From left: Melencio, PSM secretary-general A. Sivarajan, Pereira and Janarthani at the Socialism 2015 forum on Sunday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Asean has been around for nearly 50 years but is not working to bring its people together, claimed a group of speakers at a socialist forum.
“Asean was founded in 1967 and has a combined population of 625 million, and GDP of more than US$2.5 trillion (RM10.69 trillion). It is important and that’s why the big brothers like the US and China are in town to keep an eye on things,” said Adrian Pereira, director of the North South Initiative.
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