42ND ASEAN SUMMIT 2023 | News analysis | Attack on Asean aid convoy may be ploy to stir trouble ahead of Asean Summit: Analysts

It appeared that the perpetrators may have been targeting the security leading the convoy, and not the diplomats, said an analyst. PHOTO: AFP

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Arlina Arshad

Indonesia Bureau Chief
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.LABUAN BAJO, INDONESIA – The attack on Sunday in strife-stricken Myanmar on a humanitarian convoy carrying Asean diplomats, including two from the Singapore Embassy, could have been a “deliberate” attempt by the assailants to stir trouble and warn Asean against meddling in the crisis, analysts say.

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Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has confirmed that two staff members of its embassy in Myanmar were part of the convoy that came under attack in Shan State in the eastern part of the country.

 

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