- Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will visit Myanmar later this week.
- A special envoy pleaded with junta not to imprison deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- She has been on trial for at least twenty crimes since coup against her elected government last year.
A special Southeast Asian envoy for the crisis in Myanmar pleaded with the country’s military rulers on Monday not to imprison deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ahead of a visit later this week.
As part of the junta’s peace agreement with the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will embark on his second trip to Myanmar on Wednesday, as per a ministry spokesman (ASEAN).
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Even though the 77-year-old had been convicted of several minor crimes, they kept him locked up in a secret place until last week.
In a letter to the junta, Prak Sokhonn begged for mercy.
According to a release, he wrote, “Aung San Suu Kyi is regarded internationally and by many in Myanmar as having a critical role in your country’s return to normalcy and national reconciliation through a peaceful political solution.”
In March, activists criticised Prak Sokhonn’s last visit as a failure that supported the junta and ignored its opponents, criticisms he acknowledged.
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“A peaceful political resolution to a conflict, no matter how complex it is, must involve the sharing of political space by all involved,” he continued.
