Correspondent in Asia
He will be the
undisputed but controversial
"guest star"
of the weekend in Jakarta, watched by the eye of the photographers. General Min Aung Hlaing is expected in the Indonesian capital at the summit of Asean leaders, convened on April 24 to try to break the escalation in Burma. But this diplomatic meeting of the countries of Southeast Asia could be reduced to offering international legitimacy to the new junta, warns the democratic resistance, excluded from the party. Barring a last-minute surprise, the leader of Tatmadaw, the name of the Burmese army, will make his first international sortie since the February 1 coup, even as he orchestrates a fierce crackdown on his population, which at least 739 dead, in defiance of international criticism.
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