Asean special envoy visits Myanmar again as part of efforts to resolve turmoil

A demonstrator holds up a placard to protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar in this file photo from Feb11, 2021. - Reuters

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Asean special envoy Prak Sokhonn travelled to Myanmar on Wednesday (June 29) for the second time in three months as part of the bloc's effort to tackle the country's political crisis.

His visit comes just two days after he issued a statement appealing against the Myanmar junta's decision to transfer deposed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi from a home to a jail in Naypyidaw.