'ASEAN must do more to release Suu Kyi'

'ASEAN must do more to release Suu Kyi'

MALAYSIA: Southeast Asian countries should do more to pressure
Myanmar's military regime to restore democracy and free Nobel
peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from detention, the UN's special
envoy to Myanmar said on Friday.

Razali Ismail's comments come as the United Nations steps up
pressure on Myanmar's fellow members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to do more to speed up democratic
reforms the junta has promised to carry out but that appear to be
languishing.

"The responsibility of the continuing situation (in Myanmar)
more and more is beginning to rest on the shoulders of the
countries in the region," Razali told reporters on Friday. "There
will be no change in Myanmar unless and until the countries ...
accept that responsibility." --AP