https://www.scmp.com/rss/509698/feed Ple Priatna is a former Indonesian diplomat with more than three decades of experience. He has written opinion pieces on foreign affairs, diplomacy and ASEAN Affairs and served stints in cities including Rabat, Copenhagen, Brussels, Wellington, Beijing and Tokyo en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Saturday’s Asean summit on the Myanmar coup crisis is widely seen as a test of the bloc’s credibility, to see if it can bring an end to the lethal force used on residents in Southeast Asia’s poorest country since the military took power on February 1. In the run-up, Asean is already facing a conundrum. It has been criticised for inviting the leader of Myanmar’s ‘Tatmadaw’ military Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, who led the putsch that brought down the democratically elected government. The... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3130885/why-asean-must-hear-myanmars-coup-mastermind-min-aung-hlaing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3130885/why-asean-must-hear-myanmars-coup-mastermind-min-aung-hlaing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:23 +0000