News Straits Times (Malaysia)
NEW YORK
Nine Asean member countries issued a strong statement Thursday against their Asean counterpart Myanmar on the political situation in that country and called for the release of all political detainees, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
The nine countries are Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
The statement, issued by the Asean Chair, Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo, said the Asean foreign ministers had a full and frank discussion on the situation in Myanmar when they met at their informal meeting at the United Nations (UN) here.
Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win was also present at the informal meeting.
It is believed that this was the first time that such a statement had been issued against an Asean member.
The ministers said they were appalled to have received reports of automatic weapons being used against demonstrators in Yangon.
They demanded that the Myanmar government immediately desist from the use of violence against demonstrators.
Nine people, including a Japanese journalist, had been killed following a crackdown on anti-government protestors in Yangon.
Many more were also injured as more than 50,000 people converged on Yangon to continue their protests against the military government.
The Asean ministers expressed their revulsion to Nyan Win over reports that demonstrations in Myanmar were being suppressed with violent force and that there had been a number of fatalities.
The nine countries are Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
The statement, issued by the Asean Chair, Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo, said the Asean foreign ministers had a full and frank discussion on the situation in Myanmar when they met at their informal meeting at the United Nations (UN) here.
Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win was also present at the informal meeting.
It is believed that this was the first time that such a statement had been issued against an Asean member.
The ministers said they were appalled to have received reports of automatic weapons being used against demonstrators in Yangon.
They demanded that the Myanmar government immediately desist from the use of violence against demonstrators.
Nine people, including a Japanese journalist, had been killed following a crackdown on anti-government protestors in Yangon.
Many more were also injured as more than 50,000 people converged on Yangon to continue their protests against the military government.
The Asean ministers expressed their revulsion to Nyan Win over reports that demonstrations in Myanmar were being suppressed with violent force and that there had been a number of fatalities.
6 comments:
Burma is hell country.
What a bunch of hypocrites!
Wasn't the other day that Tep Vong ordered his bodyguards to punish the peaceful demonstration monks in Pnom Penh?
Wasn't the other day that the Communist Viet in Hanoi bodyguards twisted the human right activist's neck while he was testifying for his freedom of speech, the press, freedom of religion in court?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2q1J0MYYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xA6s5r-W8U&mode=related&search=
DON'T PRETEND, WE SEE EVERY MOVEMENT YOU MAKE!
Good, that means I won't be bumping into you on my vacation there.
Bullshit! these countries are the same.
ASEAN my ass. They will be laughing all the way to the banks just like during the Khmer Rouge years.
I don't care, I am desperate for trades and jobs for our needies. I can't take it anymore. People have no pride or self esteem from lacking jobs for decades. There were some reported suicide from this, and I am sure there are some unreported suicidal incident as well. Enough is enough.
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