Bernama.com, 23 Oct 2009
The governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore have rejected members of civil groups from their respective countries at the 15th Asean Summit here.
Debby Stothard, of the Alternative Asean Network, said they were informed by the Thai Foreign Ministry at 11pm yesterday that the leaders would not meet the five people nominated by the civil groups.
"Some governments like Singapore have even replaced the nominees with their own representatives," she said as the summit kicked off at the Dusit Thani Hotel in the seaside resort here Friday.
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