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Wall Screen: Asian Nations and Suu Kyi

wall screen: He met with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the sidelines of its summit in Manila, according to The Chronicle Herald. I cannot hide my deep concern with the dramatic movement of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Guterres told the ASEAN leaders. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said late Monday that the unfolding humanitarian crisis can cause regional instability and radicalization. Suu Kyi sat close to him but looked mostly at a wall screen showing the U.N. leader. The refugees say soldiers and Buddhist mobs attacked them and burned their villages to force them to flee. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state since late August, when the military launched what they called clearance operations in response to insurgent attacks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.