Myanmar accepts Malaysia's proposal to de-escalate violence against civilians, says PM

In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, from left to right; Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Lao's Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, attend a leaders' 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

JAKARTA (Bernama): Myanmar has accepted Malaysia's proposal to de-escalate the violence and stop killing its civilians, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Prime Minister said this was one of three proposals put forward by Malaysia, Asean Leaders' Meeting held at the Asean secretariat, here on Saturday (April 24), to address the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.