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Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Friday said Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai, Thailand's candidate to be the next United Nations secretary general, could not be expected to do anything towards democracy or human rights in Burma.

In a statement issued Friday, the regional rights group said that Surakiart "had done nothing to advance political and social change in Burma, either as deputy prime minister or foreign minister".

It described the Thai government's relations with Burma as  "negligent" and business-oriented, the AHRC said that although Surakiart had had five years in which influence Burma's military regime, he had "never taken advantage" of his position.

The Nation