On the anniversary of the military coup in Burma, also known as Myanmar, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) urged Burmese military authorities to follow through on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Five-Point Consensus and release all political and foreign prisoners.
In a statement on Feb. 1, the MFA noted that conditions in Burma have worsened over the year since the military seized power. The death toll in protests since then is at least 1,500 people, according to United Nations human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
