Pressure mounting on Burma junta over Suu Kyi

ASEAN and Thai PM Abhisit, quoted in the Yomuri, have criticized the Myamar junta's decision to put Suu Kyi on trial:

Asked about the indictment of Suu Kyi in Myanmar, an ASEAN member state, Abhisit said: "We've been assured by the Myanmar government during the [ASEAN] meetings [in recent months] in Hua Hin and Pattaya [in Thailand] that they were continuing to implement the road map toward democracy and transition on what has happened. Clearly we're concerned about the credibility of that."

He said ASEAN "asked for humanitarian treatment, and that there would be justice, which is an essential component of a good political process."

Pressure is mounting from the UN. Ban Ki-moon has announced that he is seeking a meeting with Burma's General Than Shwe. Also today, Harvard has just issued an important report on human rights in Burma, calling upon the Security Council to launch an inquiry.