LAKELAND OBSERVER
By Lakeland Staff Writer on March 31, 2019
Malaysia‘s Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar‘s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand‘s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnam‘s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, South Korea President Moon Jae-in, Philippines‘ President Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore‘s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Brunei‘s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia‘s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia‘s President Joko Widodo and Laos‘ Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith join hands during a family photo before the 19th Asean Republic of Korea Summit in Manila, Philippines on Monday. (Reuters photo)
MANILA: Leaders of Asian nations meeting in Manila on Monday skirted around the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims triggered by Myanmar‘s military crackdown, disappointing human rights groups who were hoping for a tough stand on the humanitarian crisis.
Malaysia‘s Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar‘s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand‘s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnam‘s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, South Korea President Moon Jae-in, Philippines‘ President Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore‘s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Brunei‘s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia‘s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia‘s President Joko Widodo and Laos‘ Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith join hands during a family photo before the 19th Asean Republic of Korea Summit in Manila, Philippines on Monday. (Reuters photo)
MANILA: Leaders of Asian nations meeting in Manila on Monday skirted around the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims triggered by Myanmar‘s military crackdown, disappointing human rights groups who were hoping for a tough stand on the humanitarian crisis.