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Cambodian leader asks Myanmar to reconsider foes’ executions

Lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw, left, talks with Myanmar' Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, as they leave after the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on April 9, 2015. A Myanmar military spokesperson announced on June 3, 2022, that Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, and Kyaw Min Yu, a veteran pro-democracy activist better known as Ko Jimmy, would be executed for violating the country’s counterterrorism law. (AP Photo) Phyo Zeya Thaw, a lawmaker of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, arrives at the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 19, 2015. A Myanmar military spokesperson announced on June 3, 2022, that Phyo Zeya Thaw, a 41-year-old former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, and Kyaw Min Yu, a veteran pro-democracy activist better known as Ko Jimmy, would be executed for violating the country’s counterterrorism law.(AP Photo) FILE - Kyaw Min Yu, a pro-democracy activist talks to journalists as he arrives at Yangon airport welcomed by his wife Nilar Thein, background, also an activist and his daughter after being released from a prison on Jan. 13, 2012, in Yangon. A Myanmar military spokesperson announced on June 3, 2022, that Kyaw Min Yu, a veteran pro-democracy activist better known as Ko Jimmy, and Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, would be executed for violating the country’s counterterrorism law. (AP Photo/File) FILE - In this photo provided by An Khoun Sam Aun/National Television of Cambodia, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, poses for photographs together with Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, right, before holding a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 7, 2022. Hun Sen has urged military-ruled Myanmar to reconsider the death sentences given four political opponents, suggesting that executing them will draw strong international condemnation and complicate efforts to restore peace to the strife-torn nation.(An Khoun SamAun/National Television of Cambodia via AP, File)
Cambodian leader asks Myanmar to reconsider foes’ executions