A Myanmar lawyer asks punishment of those responsible for crackdown at copper mine

Aung Thein, a founding member of Myanmar Lawyers Network, talks during a press conference on the investigation about the Nov. 29 crackdown at Letpadaung copper mine in central Myanmar, Thursday, Feb.14, 2013, at Royal Rose restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar. Activists in Myanmar are insisting that those responsible for breaking up the peaceful protest with a weapon that caused serious burns be held to account. Lawyers and others who investigated the crackdown at the copper mine in northwestern Myanmar say President Thein Sein must share responsibility for the incident and ensure justice is done. <AP Photo/Khin Maung Win>