JFM demands end of ASEAN complicity in Myanmar junta’s crimes and rejection of election

Mizzima

Justice for Myanmar (JFM) released a strongly worded statement on 23 October demanding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) put a stop to its complicity in the ongoing crimes being committed by the Myanmar junta. The group further demands that ASEA reject the junta’s planned elections aimed at manufacturing false legitimacy for its continued rule.

The text of the JFM statement continues below. Underlined sections are in the original.

The call comes on the eve of the 47th ASEAN Summit, hosted by Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.

Over four years since ASEAN adopted its failed Five-Point Consensus, the Myanmar junta has only escalated its campaign of terror against civilians and its transnational criminal activities, enabled by the complicity of ASEAN, its member states, and regional businesses.

As the junta prepares for its sham election, it has intensified indiscriminate airstrikes across the country and continues to commit mass killings, rape and sexual violence, torture, and the systematic destruction of villages. Children are increasingly among the victims.