ASEAN Warns Myanmar Against More Executions
The previous executions caused international outrage.
PHNOM PENH, KOMPAS.com \- Current ASEAN chair Cambodia warned Myanmar on Wednesday, Aug. 3, not to execute any more prisoners after the hanging of four people -- two of them prominent pro-democracy figures -- caused international outrage. Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are discussing how to address the growing crisis in Myanmar at talks in Phnom Penh. The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to the country after a military coup last year, and anger is growing at the junta’s stonewalling tactics. Myanmar exe...