Myanmar President Win Myint has barred a group of Shan state ministers and lawmakers from traveling to Indonesia on a food-safety study tour, leaving the officials to speculate why some colleagues were able to make the trip, while others were held back, RFA reported on 5 June.
The Myanmar School of Politics (MySoP) arranged for three ministers and seven legislators from the Shan state government along with 16 others from 12 political parties to visit Indonesia from June 3-8.
The school is a joint program set up by the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) and Political Parties of Finland for Democracy (Demo Finland) to strengthen the democratic role of politicians and political parties at the regional and state level in Myanmar and enhance multiparty dialogue.
