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Myanmar junta leader arrives in Jakarta
An Indonesian government video showed the senior general, dressed in a dark suit, stepping off a Myanmar Airways International plane after it landed in the capital.
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A vehicle believed to be transporting Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing leaves Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Tangerang on April 24, 2021, following his arrival in the city to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit on the Myanmar crisis. (AFP/Fajrin Raharjo)
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yanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Jakarta Saturday for crisis talks with Southeast Asian leaders, in his first foreign trip since military forces staged a coup and subsequent crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.
An Indonesian government video showed the senior general, dressed in a dark suit, stepping off a Myanmar Airways International plane after it landed in the capital.
Southeast Asian leaders will hold Myanmar crisis talks Saturday with Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Jakarta is the senior general's first foreign trip since security forces staged a coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in early February.
Mass protests by an angry population have been met by a brutal crackdown that has left blood on the streets.
An estimated 250,000 people have been displaced, according to a UN envoy, with Myanmar's democratically elected top leaders in hiding or under house arrest.
An Indonesian government video showed Min Aung Hlaing, dressed in a dark suit, stepping off a Myanmar Airways International plane after it landed in the capital Saturday.
He will join Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the Sultan of Brunei, the current chair of ASEAN, as well as leaders and foreign ministers from most of the 10-country group, which also includes Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.
Dozens gathered outside the ASEAN headquarters, which was ringed by heavy security, calling for democracy to be restored.
A diplomatic source told AFP that ASEAN was likely to call on the junta to end violence against civilians and to allow a special envoy to meet with the detained Suu Kyi, but would stop short of calling for her release.
The meeting is closed to media.
