Slow progress of Asean peace plan for Myanmar criticised


A protester makes the three-finger salute during a vigil to honuor those killed during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 13, 2021. -AFP/Stringer

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Observers have criticised a stalemate in the implementation of an Asean peace plan for Myanmar, which was agreed upon more than a year ago in response to the military coup in the South-East Asian country.

The Myanmar military took over the country in a coup in February last year, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and putting her on house arrest for at least 20 criminal offences, including corruption — all of which the former leader denied.

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