Protesters in Myanmar hold portraits of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay earlier this year. Photo: AFP
Myanmar junta plays down Suu Kyi jail term, says sentence halved ‘on grounds of humanity’
- At a virtual briefing with regional journalists, junta information minister Maung Maung Ohn insisted there was ‘no partiality’ in Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial
- Asean’s role in the crisis was also discussed – as was Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s apparent embrace of Myanmar’s generals
Protesters in Myanmar hold portraits of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay earlier this year. Photo: AFP
