ASEAN won't invite Myanmar junta leader to summit

In the strongest sign of its frustration with the continuing crisis in Myanmar, ASEAN senior officials have decided not to invite the country's junta leader Gen Min Aung Hlaing to the upcoming leader summit of the grouping later this month. According to a statement released today by the ASEAN chair Brunei Darussalam, the ASEAN ministers decided during an emergency meeting Friday to invite a non-political representative from Myanmar to the summit instead That means a senior diplomat from the military-appointed government will replace Min Aung Hlaing at the summit scheduled for the end of October. "It was a punishment the…