Asean Chair leader Hun Sen to Myanmar's junta: Refrain from death penalty use

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YANGON, June 11 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as chair of Asean, called on Myanmar's ruling State Administration Council (SAC) leader Min Aung Hlaing to reconsider plans to execute members of opposition groups.

In a June 10 letter, Hun Sen said that the death sentences for those opposing the SAC are causing great concern among Asean member states as well as the bloc’s outside partners.