ASEAN Embarrassment

Opposition to Myanmar's leadership of ASEAN in 2006 is growing. Indonesia should pressure Yangon into releasing Aung San Suu Kyi or forfeit its turn as the group's chairman.

April 19, 2005

ASEAN rotates its chair as scheduled. Malaysia's turn as ASEAN chairman will be over mid-2006 and then it will be taken over by Myanmar. Yet Myanmar is already getting strong opposition over its upcoming position in ASEAN from regional as well as international countries. The parliaments of the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia are urging their respective governments to scratch Myanmar from the list. The reason is nothing more tha

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