By MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR and YENG AI CHUN (The Star)

PHUKET: Asean has proposed to name its human rights body as the Asean Inter Governmental Commission of Human Rights paving the way for Asean leaders to launch the body when they meet in October.
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Even Some Allies Decry Case Against Nobel Laureate

By Tim Johnston (www.washingtonpost.com)

BANGKOK, May 25 — The decision by Burma’s government to put Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate, on trial has chilled relations with some of the ruling military junta’s traditional allies and made it less like likely that international sanctions against the nation will be eased, according to U.S., European and Asian officials.
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