Portraits show pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally calling for Suu Kyi's release on August 11. Suu Kyi was found guilty of breaching the terms of her house arrest. -- PHOTO: REUTERSAFP
REGIONAL officials will discuss a proposed joint call for Myanmar to free democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a meeting in Jakarta later this week, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
Thailand, the current chair of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), said on Friday it was pushing for a consensus among member states to ask Myanmar's military rulers to pardon Ms Suu Kyi.
'We will discuss it at a senior officials' meeting this week in Jakarta,' the source, who asked not to be named, told AFP. The meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday in the Indonesian capital, the diplomat said.
'We support it, but I don't know if all Asean (members) support it,' the diplomat said, when asked about his country's position. 'There's nothing firm, only a proposal so far,' he added.
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