Irrawaddy-Mar 18
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the current holder of its rotating chair, Cambodia, have welcomed some of the generals responsible for the Myanmar regime’s atrocities against its own people, who reject military rule. Myanmar’s Chief of Military Security Affairs Lieutenant General Ye Win Oo attended the 19th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting (AMIM-19) in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, according to junta-run media. The meeting discussed the exchange of visits between ASEAN intelligence officers and the establishment of the ASEAN Military Intelligence Community. Myanmar has been in political and social turmoil since February last year when the military staged a coup against the country’s democratically elected National League for Democracy government led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Since last year, ASEAN has tried to cool the situation in Myanmar, but its Five Point Consensus, which includes a call for the immediate cessation of violence in the country, has been largely ignored by the coup leader. In response, the regional bloc banned Min Aung Hlaing from attending its summits. But while Min Aung Hlaing has been sidelined, his juniors are still allowed to join some meetings like the ones on Tuesday and Thursday, leading to criticism that ASEAN’s approach to the junta lacks consistency. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/asean-and-cambodia-embrace-myanmar-juntas-bloody-generals.html
