Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. - AP
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters):The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should rethink its decades-long policy of non-interference in the affairs of member states, amid a worsening human rights crisis in Myanmar, Malaysia's top diplomat said on Thursday (Oct 21).
The 10-member bloc on Friday made an unprecedented move to exclude the leader of Myanmar's junta from an upcoming regional summit, over a lack of progress on a peace plan it agreed to with Asean in April. A non-political figure from Myanmar will be invited instead.
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