Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen requested Myanmarthe ruling general of Myanmar on Tuesday to allow him to have a conversation with detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi allow Suu Kyi, a key figure in Myanmar's resistance against military control, was arrested during a 2021 coup and has been given a 27-year prison sentence for multiple alleged offenses, which her supporters claim she did not commit. Suu Kyi on a video call, a request he said the junta chief would take into consideration. junta chief It's unclear why he had sought access to Myanmar's military government as Hun Sen, now president of the Senate, has no official role in post-coup conflict mediation.
Suu KyiHun Sen, who stepped down to make way for his son last year after almost four decades leading Cambodia, spoke on Tuesday via a video call with Min Aung Hlaing, the general who led the coup against Myanmar's elected government. MyanmarIn a post on his Facebook page featuring a picture of the two speaking on the call, Hun Sen stated that Min Aung Hlaing agreed to give the request "high consideration". Cambodia would send a special envoy to Myanmar, Hun Sen added.
Hun Sen, now president of the Senate, has no official mediation role in Myanmar's post-coup conflict and it was not immediately clear why he had sought access to Myanmar's military government. video telephone call It's not clear where Suu Kyi is being held, and her family and lawyers say they have no access to her, while the military maintains she has received due process. Suu KyiMyanmar's elected government.
In a post on his Facebook page that displayed a photo of the two conversing on the call, Hun Sen said Min Aung Hlaing agreed to give the request "high consideration". Cambodia would send a special envoy to Myanmar, Hun Sen added. videoIt is not clear where Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, and her family and lawyers say they have no access to her. The military asserts that she has been given due process. MyanmarMyanmar's elected government.
Cambodia's previous Prime Minister asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday for permission to speak with detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi via video call, a request he said the junta chief would consider. Cambodia’s Myanmar's post-coup conflict and it was not immediately clear why he had sought access to Myanmar's military government. MyanmarMyanmar's military government could not immediately be reached for comment. Suu Kyi.
MyanmarIt is not clear where Suu Kyi is being held, and her family and lawyers say they have no access to her. The military maintains she has received due process.
Myanmar is locked in a civil war between the military on one side and a loose alliance of established ethnic minority rebels and an armed resistance group formed after the country's bloody crackdown on anti-coup protests. Suu Kyi The conflict is the biggest challenge facing the military since it first took power in the British colony in 1962, with battles on several fronts to quell uprisings and stabilize an economy that has deteriorated since the coup.
Myanmar Myanmar and an emboldened resistance face a critical window in the conflict, as rain-laden monsoon clouds are set to begin rolling across Myanmar around early June and swamp the frontlines. juntaCambodia’s former Prime Minister, Hun Sen, requested Myanmar’s ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request he said the junta chief would consider. Aung San Suu Kyi, the figurehead of Myanmar’s struggle against military rule, was arrested during a 2021 coup and has since been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a multitude of offences her allies say she did not commit.
The conflict is the biggest challenge facing the military since it first took power in the former British colony in 1962, with battles on several fronts to quell uprisings and stabilise an economy that has wilted since the coup.
The junta and an emboldened resistance face a critical window in the conflict, as rain-laden monsoon clouds are set to begin rolling across Myanmar around early June and swamp the frontlines.
(Reuters)
