FREE ASEAN | FREE MYANMAR: One year on, Myanmar shadow govt decries ASEAN coup response
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) and Myanmar military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing meet in the Myanmar capital of Naypyidaw on Jan. 7.(AFP/Stringer) Share Dian Septiari (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Thu, February 3, 2022
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Myanmar’s government-in-exile has criticized ASEAN’s “lack of leadership” in response to last year’s military coup in the country, which uprooted democracy and created an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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The Feb. 1, 2021, coup threw Myanmar into disarray, triggering mass protests and a violent crackdown on dissent, which saw more than 1,500 civilians killed and thousands more arrested by junta forces.
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The suppression efforts have largely failed to dampen resistance to the junta, even under severe pandemic stress.
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An official from the exiled Myanmar National Unity Government (NUG) said on Tuesday that ASEAN had failed to lay out concrete plans to implement its own intervention mandate, particularly on delivering humanitarian relief.
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “One year on, Myanmar shadow govt decries ASEAN coup response”.
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