MYANMAR’S human right abuses since the February 1 military coup have sparked a plea for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to consider expelling the country during the bloc’s two-day summit in Jakarta this weekend.

Myanmar’s National Unity Government, an opposition group formed last week by leading critics of the military junta, appealed for those gathered in the Indonesian capital to take firm action.

“Please, Asean member states, [do] not recognise the coup,” Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe said in a phone call to Asean representatives.