Asean sleeping with the enemy: Jakarta Post


Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (right) meeting with Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof (third from the left) and Asean Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi (second from the left) in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on June 4, 2021. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have initiated an Asean-led diplomatic initiative to stop the ruthless Myanmar junta from killing innocent people who have refused to accept a government that was born of a coup against a democratic regime.

But Indonesia now faces the bitter fact that resistance to concerted efforts to stop gross human rights violations in Myanmar comes not only come from the military junta but also from within Asean itself.

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