Regional leaders order top Myanmar general to end killings and release detainees

Myanmar’s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, left, arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Rusman/Indonesian Presidential Palace/AP)

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar, in an emergency summit with its top general and coup leader in the Indonesian capital.

The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also told Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in the talks on Saturday in Jakarta that a dialogue between contending parties in Myanmar should immediately start, Mr Widodo said.