Indonesia, this year’s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, may appoint a general-turned-minister as special envoy to engage with Myanmar’s junta that has extended emergency rule, according to people familiar with the matter.
Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Panjaitan, 75, is the top pick for Indonesian President Joko Widodo given his transition from a four-star army general to government minister and businessman, said the people who declined to be identified as the matter isn’t public.
