Pressed by Westerners, ASEAN decided not to invite General Putschist Min Aung Hlaing to the summits of his leaders on October 26 and 28. The regime released 5,600 detainees, Monday, October 18th.
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Direct consequence of the Association of Southeast Asian Association (ASEAN) not to invite General Putschist Burman Min Aung Hlaing to several peaks at the end of the month, the Burman Military Plan Liberated, Monday, October 18, 5,600 people owned since the coup, of which 4,300 were prosecuted. At least 16 journalists and 24 artists would be among them.
A video broadcast by the Agency Associated Press showed scenes of joy, Monday night, in front of the Portal of the Insein Prison, in Rangoun, when a yellow bus came out and that prisoners found their loved ones. This release was accompanied by a warning: those who further commit an offense will see reinstate the initial charges that weighed against them.
The Assistance for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP) Burmese, located in Thailand, counted so far 7,355 people in detention and asserts “to be verifying” the number of relaxed political detainees. “In the previous two” mass releases “, in April and June, the actual number was lower than the one announced, the process has never been transparent,” explains a representative.
The ASEAN, which gathers ten countries, announced on October 15, at an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers, that Myanmar (official name of Burma) would not be represented by a ” Political Personality “At the Annual Summit of October 26, organized videoconferencing by Brunei, and at the Eastern Asian Summit of October 28 – Appointment who associates, in addition to the leaders of ASEAN, those of China, India, Japan, Russia, Australia and the United States.
In question, according to the ASEAN statement, the fact that “member countries have received a request from the NUG [the Government of National Unity, consisting of former civilian and parliamentary leaders in exile] to participate in the peaks. October 26 and 28 “and that” a consensus could not be achieved to designate a political representative “. In this group of nations held by the principle of non-interference, the few democratic countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, expressed more and more openly their impatience against the lack of cooperation of the Junte: on October 6, the Minister Malaysian Foreign Affairs, Saifuddin Abdullah, even declared that his country was ready to open a dialogue with the NUG. In 2008, the ASEAN had already intervened with the generals to open the Burma with international aid after the Nargis cyclone, and had obtained the release of political prisoners in 2014, before granting its rotating presidency to the Burma of Then Breast. .
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