Singapore says Asean to ‘expedite’ Myanmar plan, as UN warns that civil war looms

Implementation of a five-point consensus reached by Asean to deal with the crisis in Myanmar would be expedited, Singapore’s foreign minister said, as the UN rights chief warned of a post-coup “human rights catastrophe” that was driving the troubled country towards possible civil war.“We recognise that implementation of the five-point consensus has been slow and a little disappointing,” Vivian Balakrishnan said on Tuesday in written replies to parliamentary questions.“We are working within…