DAP national chairperson Lim Kit Siang said it is time that Asean tackles burning regional issues, indicating that there is no better moment to start than during the two-day Asean ministerial meeting from today in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia.

He cited the need for the regional body to discuss the 'protective custody' of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ( photo, left ), Indonesia's military operations against the separatist movement in Aceh , and the jailing of former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim. ( photo, right )