Asean told to consider helping those fleeing Myanmar

In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, ASEAN leaders, from left to right, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pamudwinai, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Lao's Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin convene during their meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 24, 2021. South-East Asian leaders met Myanmar's top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees. - AP

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama): Asean member states may consider offering refuge and protection to all those fleeing Myanmar as a result of the political crisis in the state, says the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).

Malaysian Representative to AICHR Eric Paulsen suggested efforts to assist those fleeing Myanmar can be coordinated by ASEAN secretariat as a temporary measure until the crisis is over.