Forum Asia, the human rights organisation based in Thailand welcomes the pressures of the ASEAN on the Burmese military government, the SPDC by issuing a statement today at the association’s foreign ministers meeting at Phnom Penn - demanding the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi after the assaults on the NLD at Dipeyin (Tabayin).

The statement of Forum Asia says that it welcomes the decision of ASEAN foreign ministers which expresses their concerns over the dire political and human rights situations inside Burma. DVB’s Aung Lwin Oo reports:

Aung Lwin Oo : The statement of the ASEAN foreign ministers is in line with the UN’s basic policies, and it could help member countries to follow rules and maintain peace, stability and progress for the region. Moreover, to make these policies work, it is the inevitable duty of ASEAN, stressed the statement of Forum Asia. The General Secretary of Forum Asia told the DVB that his organisation welcomes the development. But it still needs to be seen whether the ASEAN member governments will fulfil the tasks or not in reality, he added. The ASEAN also needs to guarantee that there will be processes and meetings between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the SPDC leaders and national reconciliation process. Therefore, the ASEAN needs to give more pressures on Burma.

Moreover, in order to solve the problems of Burma peacefully, all political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi needed to be released unconditionally and the ASEAN needs to urge the SPDC to allow the NLD and democratic groups move freely in Burma, added the statement of Forum Asia.