Asean should have a ‘full-time’ Myanmar special envoy with added powers, Malaysia’s Saifuddin Abdullah says

• Saifuddin Abdullah said Asean needed to ‘go back to the drawing board’ to de-escalate Myanmar’s violence or risk the junta writing off the bloc’s resolve to take firm action
• Malaysia’s top diplomat also addressed the junta’s much-criticised plan to execute democracy activists, saying Asean should find ways to stop the hangings