ASEAN lawmakers condemn extension of Suu Kyi's house arrest

Dec 1 (AFP) - A group of ASEAN lawmakers on Wednesday condemned the decision by Myanmar's military junta to extend the house arrest of democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

"We condemn the action of the ruling junta. We want her to be released immediately," said Malaysian MP Zaid Ibrahim, who is interim president of the newly formed ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Myanmar.

Zaid described Aung San Suu Kyi's continued detention as "cruel and totally unjustified."

"Unless there is pressure from the international community and in particular ASEAN, she is doomed to be detained for a long time," he added.

Last week the caucus, which includes lawmakers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, said Myanmar should be suspended from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) unless it makes progress towards democratic reforms.

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