SINGAPORE: Myanmar has 'all the ingredients for civil war,' Cambodia, chairman of Southeast Asia's regional bloc, has warned ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the crisis-wracked country.Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup last year, with more than 1,400 people killed in a crackdown on dissent by security forces, according to a local monitoring group.
The event was held under the Chatham House Rule, which means the speaker must give permission before his comments are reported to facilitate candor.Cambodia's foreign ministry on Tuesday gave permission for Agence France-Presse to report his comments.Prak Sokhonn rejected criticism that Hun Sen's visit would legitimize the junta, and said the kingdom's 'immediate attention is on improving the situation in Myanmar'.