By Myo Chit Maung>>
“Where are these flocks of storks going to?” This was my usual question to my Grandpa whenever I beheld them flying over along the Mayu mountain Range. “Going to Rohang”, was my grandpa’s prompt reply. At that time, my historical knowledge was unable to comprehend the name ‘Rohang’ and I just remained wondering.
When I came of age, I started feeling the deadly discrimination of the ruling junta. This stimulated my inquisitive mind to study about the history. Moreover, many elderly people of the land witnessed me that it is a place near Akyab or some place at the end of Mayu mountain range. Anyhow, history showed concrete evidence that it is the ancient name of Arakan. Different historians have different views about the root of Rohang. But it is undeniable that ‘Rohang’ is the old name of Arakan. It is small in area. It has glorious past. It was independent till 1874.
It is my motherland. I was born there and brought up there. Not only me but also my forefathers were born and lived over there for more than hundreds years. So, it’s as simple and clear as crystal that I’m a Rohingya. We are indigenous race of Rohang. We have history of our own. We have our own distinct culture. We had our own civilization. We have our own language. We had our own administration. We were rulers. We were loyal to the Burmese kings. We were recognized and honored by the successive Burmese kings. We served in the Royal Guard of Burmese kings. We fought against the common enemy. We fought against invaders. We participated in the independent movement. We paid blood for the nation. We paid blood in the 8888 democracy movement. We participated in the nation building. We had peaceful coexistence with other communities. We served in the administration. We were faithful to the government. Still we have faithful servants in the government.
We are discriminated. Our heroes were assassinated. We are uncared. Our feelings earn no mercy. Our rights are violated. Our land was invaded and occupied. We are cruelly treated. We were made leave our ancestral land. We were made foreign. Our properties were looted. Our lands were occupied. Our lives are in danger. Our freedom is restricted. Our movement is caged. Our freedom of speech is tape-plastered. Our culture is threatened. Our religion is endangered. Our buildings were destroyed. Our Mosques were demolished. Monasteries/ministries were built on it. We were declared illegal. Our ethnicity is in serious question. Our citizenship is a nightmare. Our youths are misguided and spoiled. Our education was banned. Our access to health care is denied. Our participation in the civil service is kicked out. Our right to participate in the military was slaughtered. Our rays of hope were vanished. Our future is in dark. Our learned were driven away.
Our innocents are misused and misguided. Our olds are dying. Our sisters are tortured. Our brothers are gravely punished. Our mothers are inhumanly treated. Our parents are suffering. We are plotted to scatter around the world. We were made refugees. We were made homeless. Our refugees are suffering. They have no proper shelter. They are deprived of proper food and clothing. They have no adequate medical care. They are in miserable situation. Their education is a far-reaching demand. They have no social security. Their morality is deteriorating. Their days are under open field and under trees. Their nights are under torn-roof shed. They have suffered from hundreds of sleepless nights due to tide water. Their hope to returning to the motherland has been a mere hope. Our religious leaders are demoralized. Our community leaders were jailed/ arrested without any evidence of crimes or charges. Our politicians were imprisoned. Our religious activities are under tight observance. Our religious personalities are under surveillance. Our students have no equal rights in education. Our students have no access to the modern multimedia class rooms. Our talent students are no equally evaluated. Our riches have to bribe the officials. Our poor are forced to give porter. Our freedom of marriages is banned. We had to pay arbitrary tax on no grounds of reasons. We are force to contribute in the pagodas constructions. Our economies are monopolized. Our right to possession was buried. Our properties are for their use. Our existence in the land is an eyesore for them. Our footsteps have no security. Our days are full of tortures and humiliation. Our nights are full of fear.
Our dreams are in uncertainty. Our emergencies are as like as fun. Our importance are as like as games. Our feelings were nothing. We are treated as balls. We are dealt as animals. We are not allowed to put on shoe upon their ordinary sandy office floor. We are looked down when we dressed modestly. In the universities, we are certified as the strangers. Our money is looted when travel. We are discriminated in the payment of bus fair. We are not counted as customers in daily transaction. Even our existence as the human being is not considered. These are a mere picture of discrimination and tortures.
Yet……
We dare stay disunited and act accordingly. We dare stay unconcerned. We dare remain unheeded. We dare remain dam care. We dare enjoy all luxuries while our fellow people are suffering? We dare have our stomach full while others remain unfed. We dare stay criticizing others. We dare pass the bucks to others. We dare commit corruption. We dare remain selfish. We dare live carelessly without having concern for fellow people. We dare misuse the name for the sake of our self benefits. We dare try to erase our origin. We dare train coming generations not to give the identity of the origin. We are systematically displaced from the ancestral land. Our way is unidirectional. Once we are displaced there is no place for us to return. Do we live in such a way for the whole future? Do we need not struggle for our ancestral land to live with peace and harmony? What we need is just unity, corporation and coordination with each other. Apart from this we need a strong and unique political organization under dynamic and strategic leadership. We must identify and find out our problems. We must understand the detail geo-political situation of Burma. If we fail to gain this knowledge we will not be able to achieve our goals. Without understanding the political situation of Burma, it will difficult to find the solution to our problem. We have passed sixty years of struggle. What have we achieved? Were we able to bring significant and tangible result? Even the rulings generals does not recognized us as a rival armed group due to our weakness.
We should abandon monopolized and dictatorial leadership. We need servant or guardian leaderships. Thoughts such as “I only am the true representative of the community and the only saver of the community” must be abandoned. It is time to abandon all types of criticism and groupism and come forward for the sake of those people who are being brutally tortured and killed inside Burma and for the sake of those people who have long been suffering in Bangladesh Refugee Camp. While our enemies are gaining acceleration in de-rooting Rohingya from Burma, we are getting deceleration by “divide and work” policy. The severe the discrimination becomes the greater disunity among us. This is our way of politics.
If we really love…….,then………..
We need freedom of speech. We need Freedom of religion. We need Freedom of movement. We need justice. We need peace. We need back our citizenship right. We need ethnic’s rights. We want to live peacefully with other community side by side. All these things cannot be gained with mere utterances. We must be based on the teachings of our religion. We must abandon traditional politics. We must act united. We must play tactically. We must think strategically. We must plan systematically.
Our movement must be missionary. We must be based on the fact that “unity is strength”. We must be sincere. We must need aspired and eloquent leaders. We must not take into account personal matters into common policy making. We must be broadminded. We must not be too much self-centered. We must not criticize others. We must be practical in our faith and actions. We must be accountable for everything. We must know the responsibilities. We must pool together our resources. We must include individuals from every corner of life. We should appeal to the people. We should request talents from all walks of life. We must join together and find a solution to the problem. Everybody should be given a problem according his capacity and level of thinking. Let he comes forward with the solution to the problem. We must bury all misunderstandings among us and join hand by hand. We must try to assign the right person in the right place. We must dedicate our lives for the liberation of our people.
A short video of Rohingya Global Day Action Demonstration at Infront of Burma regime embassy by BROUK 's President Mr.Tun Khin.
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BBC Interview with BROUK's President Mr Tun Khin regarding to support for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma
ααα»ာαုုံးαုုိα္αာ α
ီးαြားေαးα‘ုုံαΎαြαႈ ααိα္αΎαီး α
ျαီ
αေααα ေα‘ာα္αုုိαာ αα
αα္αွာ α‘ာαွαုုိα္αေα α₯ေαာααဲα α‘ေααိαα္ ααူးေαာα္αိ αααα»ာαုုံးα ျαα္αူေαြ α‘ုုံαΎαြαဲ့αα္။ ျαα္αာေαြαာ ျαိα္ေααဲ့αα္။ αီαုုိ α‘ုုံαΎαြαႈαာ αααα‘αΎαိα္ ααα»ာαုုံးαုုိα္αာ α
ီးαြားေαး α‘ုုံαΎαြαႈαΎαီး ျαα
္αα္။ α‘α
ိုုးααုုိα္း αα္αုုိα္ေαααဲ့ ααααုုံးα‘αΎαိα္ ααα»ာ့α
ီးαြားααိα္αΎαီး ျαα
္αα္။
αာေαΎαာα့္ α‘ုုံαΎαြααဲ
αီαေαα ααα»ာαျαα္αူေαြαဲα α‘αာαα္αုုိ αα္ααုုα္α
ာ αα္αုုα္αα္းαွα္αΎαီးေαြ ႏုုိα္αံေαးααားေαြα α်ဳα္αုုိα္αားαα္။ αါေαΎαာα့္ ααα»ာα‘αα္αα္α ျαα္αူေαြαွာ α‘αုုα္αα္αဲαျαα
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α္းαုုံးαူေαြα ႏႈိးေαာ္αဲ့αα္။
αα္αုုိႏႈိးေαာ္ααဲ
ေα‘ာα္αုုိαာ αα
αα္αွာ ααα»ာαံုုးαိုုα္αာ α‘ေျαာα္းα‘αဲα‘αြα္ αီαြα္αΎα။ α‘ေααိαα္αေα α‘ာαွααႊား-α‘ာααိααေα α₯ေαာαααႊွားαွိျαα္αူေαြαာ αီαိုုαေαα
ီေαးαဲα αုုိα့္α‘αြα့္α‘ေαးေαာα္းαုုိαုုိα ααΎαြαုုα္αီ။αါေαΎαာα့္ ααα»ာαုုံးαုုိα္αာ α‘αΎαα္းααα္ αႏα΅ျααႈαΎαီးαွာ α်ဳα္αုုိααေαြ αါαα္αႏα΅ျααုုိα α‘α်ိα္αα္ျαီ။
α‘ုုα္α်ဳα္αူαူαα္းα
ားေαြαာ αααα»ာαုုံးα ျαα္αူα်ားαႏα΅αုုိ αα
္α်ဴαွဳျαီး αα္ααုုα္α
ာ αူαα္းα
ုု α‘α်ိဳးα‘αြα္αာ αုုα္ေααΎααα္။ αုုαိုု αα္းααံႏုုိα္αဲ့α‘ေျαα‘ေαα်ိဳးαုုိ αα္αုုိα္းαα
္ααα္။
ααα»ာ့ ျαα္αူေαြαဲαα‘αာαα္αုုိ ျαα္αူေαြααာ αုုံးျαα္αြα့္αွိαα္αုုိαာ ႏိုုα္αံေαးααားေαြ αူαုုိα α‘α်ိဳးျαဳေααဲ့ αααွα္αူαα္းα
ားေαြ αိေα‘ာα္ α်ဴα္αုုိααုုα္αΎααα္။ ααံαα္းျαα
္ေα‘ာα္ α
α္းαုုံးαΎα။ α်ဳα္αိုုααေαြαာ α်ဳα္αုုိααုုိ αုုိα္α
ားαျαဳαဲ့ ႏုုိα္αံေαးααားေαြ αα္αုုα္αα္းαွα္αΎαီးေαြ αα္αဲα αုုα္α
α္ေαြααုုα္αူး။ αါေαΎαာα့္ ေα‘ာα္αုုိαာ αα
αα္αွာ ααα»ာ့α‘ေျαာα္းα‘αဲေαာα္းαုုိေαးα‘αြα္ ααα»ာ့ျαα္αူα‘ားαုုံး αα္းေαααြα္ αႏα΅ျααΎααα္။
α‘ဲααုုုုိ ααα»ာαုုံးαုုိα္αာ α
ီးαြားေαး α‘ုုံαΎαြαႈαΎαီးαုုိ ααα»ာα‘αα္αα္α ျαိဳαΎαီးေαြα‘αုုိα္ α်α္းααာαွာ ααူးေαာα္ျαိဳααွာ Occupy Wall St. (OWS) αုုိα ေαααα္။ αα္αα္α α
ီးαြားေαးα‘ုုံαΎαြαႈαုုိ Occupy London α
αျαα့္ αα္α
ားαီး α‘αα္ေαးαΎααα္။
Occupy Burma ျαα္αုုံးα်ြα္ α
ီးαြားေαး ααိα္ေαွာα္αΎαα
ုုိα
ေα‘ာα္αုုိαာ αα
αα္ ααα»ာαုုံးαုုိα္αာ α
ီးαြားေαး α‘ုုံαΎαြαႈαΎαီးαွာ ျαα္αာျαα္αြα္αီး α်α္αဲ့αာ αα္းαα္းα
αာ ေαာα္းαα္။
αေαα αိα္းα
ိα္α‘α
ိုုးααာαဲ ျαα္αာျαα္αူေαြαဲα α‘α်ိဳးα
ီးαြားαုုိ αα
္α်ဴဳαွဳαီး αα္ααုုα္α
ာ αူαα္းα
ုုα‘α်ိဳးα‘αြα္ αုုα္ေααα္။ ေα်ာ္αα္းαα္αုုိα္αုုα္ α်ာαα္αူαΎαီးေαြ αΎαီးα
ုုိးαာαα္။ αα္α
ီ α¦းαိα္းαြα္းαားαα္ ေαာ္ေαာ္αုုိααုုိ ေαααုုိααုုိ αူα်ိဳးေαြαာ α်α္းαာαိးαα္း α်α္းαာေααα္။ αိုုα္α်ဳα္ေαြαာ α်α္းαာαီးαα္း α်α္းαာေααα္။ α‘αα္ေαြαုုိ α
α
αိα္းαα္ α‘ေαါα
ား ααုုα္αားေαြαဲα αိα္းα
ိα္α‘α
ိုုးαα αာα္αုုိးα
α္းαုုံးαားαα္။
ျαα္αာျαα္αဲα α‘ေαာα္းαုုံး ျαα္αူαုုိα္ αုုα္αα္းαΎαီးေαြαုုိ αααα ေαြးေαာα္αြဲααုုိα္αα္αဲα αိုုα္α်ဳα္αα္းေαႊαုုိα αα္ေααံ α
ီးαြားေαးααားေαြ ျαα္αာ့α
ီးαြားေαးေαာ္αုုိေαးαွα္းαုုိαဲ့ α
α
္αα္αာαြα္ေαးαα္αΎαီးαာαေαြα αြဲαူαုုိα αုုα္αီ။
ျαα္αာျαα္αွာ ေα‘ာα္ေျαျαα္αူေαြ αα္ေααီ။ αေαααုုα္αေαြαဲα αေαααα္α
ားααဲ့ αα္αုုိး αီαုုိး ααာαိαုုိα ျαα္αူေαြ αα္းαဲαြα္းαα္αုုα္αီ။ αုုαုုိαα္ ေαာ္ေαာ္αုုိααုုိ α
ီးαြားေαးααားေαြα αူαုုαုုိ ေαာαုုံးαြα္းαဲ αိα္းေαာα္αာαီ။ α်ာαα္αူαΎαီးေαြααဲ αα္αုုα္αူαုုαုုိ αိα္းαား ေαာα္αား α‘ႏိုုα္α်α့္αာαီ။
α်ဳα္αုုိαျαα္αာျαα္αူေαြααဲ αα္းαုုိααုုိ α‘ုုα္α်ဳα္ေααဲα αိုုα္α်ဳα္αူαြα္ေαြ... αα္ေααံ α
ီးαြားေαးααားေαြ.... α်ာαα္αူαΎαီးေαြαဲα αα္αဲα ေαာα္းαုုα္ေαြ ααုုα္αူးαုုိαာ ျαααဲ့α‘α်ိα္ေαာα္ေααီ။
αါေαΎαာα့္ ျαα္αာαျαα္αုုံးα ျαα္αူေαြ αα္းေαααြα္ αႏα΅ျααုုိα Occupy Burma ေαα αα္αွα္αΎααုုိα αုုိαီ။
αα္းαဲαြα္းαα္ေααဲ့ ျαα္αာျαα္αူေαြ ααံαα္းျαα
္ေα‘ာα္
α
α္းαုုံးαΎα။ αီαြα္αΎα။
α‘ုုα္α်ဳα္αူαူαα္းα
ားαုုိ ေျαာα္းαα
္αΎα။
OCCUPY BURMA α‘ုုα္α
ုု
αာαြα္ေαး α₯ီးα
ီးα်ဳα္ေαာα္း αα္αွိ α‘α်ဴိးαားαီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္ αု-α₯αၠα α₯ီးαα္α₯ီးαဲα ααျαα္αα္းαႈ ေαြαို α‘αα္α
α₯္ αααၤာေαααိုα္း RFA ααα္ျαေααဲ့ “ျαα္αူααα္α αိုα္α်ဳα္ααီး αေαာα္” α‘α
ီα‘α
α₯္αွာ ααုိα္ျαα္αα္αို αူေျαာα္းေαႊαေαာα္αွိαြားα့ဲα
α₯္α α‘ေαြαα‘αΎαဳံေαြαို ေα‘ာα္αိုαာ α αα္ေααα αα္ျααဲ့αာαွာ ေျαာαΎαားα်α္αα်ဳိαααို (BRANA) ေαα ေျαာα္α‘ေααိααိုα္αာ ျαα္αာαုိαα္α်ာ α‘α
α္းα‘αုံးα αα္ααြα္αဲααါαα္။
RFA
α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα ီα‘αြဲαα်ဳα္ αုαိα α₯αၠα၊ αိုα္α်ဳα္ααီးေαာα္း αူα α¦းαα္α¦းαို αα္αုα္αΏαိဳα၊ ααα္းαΏαိဳααα္၊ ေαႊαံုαိုα္αွိ αာαα်ဳα္αံုးαြα္ ေαြαααံု ျαα ္αါαα္။(Photo: RFA)
RFA
α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα ီα‘αြဲαα်ဳα္ αုαိα α₯αၠα၊ αိုα္α်ဳα္ααီးေαာα္း αူα α¦းαα္α¦းαို αα္αုα္αΏαိဳα၊ ααα္းαΏαိဳααα္၊ ေαႊαံုαိုα္αွိ αာαα်ဳα္αံုးαြα္ ေαြαααံု ျαα ္αါαα္။(Photo: RFA)
αြα္αα္αဲ့α‘ာαွα‘αံ αုံးα်ဳα္αို αီαိα α₯α‘αြα္ αာေαာα္αဲ့αဲ့ BRANA αုိαα္α်ာ α‘α α္းα‘αုံး α₯αၠα ေαါα္αာ αါαာα‘ူαα္း αို α₯ီးαα္α₯ီး αဲα “ျαα္αူααα္α αိုα္α်ဳα္ααီး αေαာα္” α‘α ီα‘α α₯္ αာαα္αူ αα္αα္αူ α₯ီးαα္ေαာα္α ိုး α α αူαီαို α‘αွα္ αα αွာ ေαြααုံေαးျαα္း αဲ့αာαို αားαα္αါ။
Dr.Wakar Uddin Interview with RFA Burmese
αα္αြα္ေαးျαα္းα်α္။
α‘αံαိုα္αူαα္။
Credit: RFA Burmese
αီαα္းαα½ြα္ αျαα့္ေαα αြα္αΏαိα္းα်α္းαာαြα့္ေαΎαာα့္ α်ိဳးαα္αα
္αူαα္α်ား α‘α
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Credit :Irrawaddy News
The newly formed government of Myanmar has agreed to take back registered Rohingya refugees currently staying at two refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar but made no decision on the large number of unregistered Rohingyas living in Bangladesh.
The number of refugees in Nayapara and Kutupalong camps is now 28,000 and the Myanmar government agreed that a large number of the refugees are Myanmar nationals, said Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes on Saturday at a press briefing at the foreign ministry.
Apart from the refugees, there are a huge number of undocumented Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh without refugee status, he said referring to the unregistered Rohingyas.
“Although they do not have refugee status, we are not forcing them out of the country on humanitarian ground,” Quayes said, adding that the Myanmar authorities have agreed to discuss the undocumented nationals.
The refugees at the camps had declined to return, he said hoping that they may have the confidence to go back now as Myanmar has a new government.
Bangladesh, Myanmar and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) took a fresh initiative to return the refugees to their homeland, said Quayes, who attended Foreign Office Consultations held in Myanmar on August 25.
Both governments are in discussion to launch synchronized patrol of the common border by border guards of the two countries to stop fresh influx of Myanmar citizens into Bangladesh, Quayes said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Myanmar soon to discuss this issue among others but the date of the trip has not been fixed yet, he added.
According to different sources, there are more than 300,000 unregistered Rohingyas living among the local population, in slums and villages mostly throughout Cox’s Bazar district but also in smaller numbers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Rohingyas began fleeing Burma in the late 1970s, although the biggest influx was in 1992 when an estimated 250,000 fled to Bangladesh. Most of them were repatriated following agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar with the UNHCR supervision.
Credit: Daily Star
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Dhaka, Oct 15 (UNB) - The elected government of Myanmar has agreed to take back all Rohingya refugees who are now staying in two camps in Cox’s Bazar, Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes said here today (Saturday).
Currently, some 28,000 Rohingyas are staying in Nayapara and Kutupalong camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Quayes, who had Foreign Office Consultation in Myanmar on August 25, said that apart from the refugees, there are a huge number of undocumented Mynamar nationals who intruded into Bangladesh without having any refugee status.
“Although they have no refugee status, we are not forcing them out of the country on humanitarian ground,” he told a regular press briefing at the Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Secretary said since Myanmar has got a new elected government, a fresh initiative involving Bangladesh, Myanmar and UNHCR has been taken to see the refugees go back to their homeland of Myanmar.
He said both the governments are also in discussion to launch synchronized patrol of the common border by the border guards to stop fresh influx of Myanmar citizens into Bangladesh.
Quayes said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Mynamar shortly, date of which has not been fixed yet. He hoped that during the visit, many bilateral issues including border haats and coastal shipping will be resolved.
The Foreign Secretary is leaving here this (Saturday) night for Beijing to hold the Foreign Office Consultations with China on October 17.
He said they would review the follow up actions on the decisions taken by the two countries during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China.
In reply to a question, Quayes said Bangladesh’s proposal seeking Chinese assistance to build deep seaport in the Bay of Bengal would be discussed.
Asked about the transportation of the Indian goods from Ashuganj to Akhaura, he said apart from transportation of Over Dimensional Consignments (ODCs) for Palatana power plant in Tripura under special arrangement, other goods are being transported under the existing arrangements with India.
Asked about the government’s latest position regarding the recognition of Kosovo, the Foreign Secretary said the matter is under consideration of the government. “We are monitoring the ongoing global momentum about the issue.”
Currently, some 28,000 Rohingyas are staying in Nayapara and Kutupalong camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Quayes, who had Foreign Office Consultation in Myanmar on August 25, said that apart from the refugees, there are a huge number of undocumented Mynamar nationals who intruded into Bangladesh without having any refugee status.
“Although they have no refugee status, we are not forcing them out of the country on humanitarian ground,” he told a regular press briefing at the Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Secretary said since Myanmar has got a new elected government, a fresh initiative involving Bangladesh, Myanmar and UNHCR has been taken to see the refugees go back to their homeland of Myanmar.
He said both the governments are also in discussion to launch synchronized patrol of the common border by the border guards to stop fresh influx of Myanmar citizens into Bangladesh.
Quayes said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Mynamar shortly, date of which has not been fixed yet. He hoped that during the visit, many bilateral issues including border haats and coastal shipping will be resolved.
The Foreign Secretary is leaving here this (Saturday) night for Beijing to hold the Foreign Office Consultations with China on October 17.
He said they would review the follow up actions on the decisions taken by the two countries during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China.
In reply to a question, Quayes said Bangladesh’s proposal seeking Chinese assistance to build deep seaport in the Bay of Bengal would be discussed.
Asked about the transportation of the Indian goods from Ashuganj to Akhaura, he said apart from transportation of Over Dimensional Consignments (ODCs) for Palatana power plant in Tripura under special arrangement, other goods are being transported under the existing arrangements with India.
Asked about the government’s latest position regarding the recognition of Kosovo, the Foreign Secretary said the matter is under consideration of the government. “We are monitoring the ongoing global momentum about the issue.”
By Dr.Ko Ko Gyi
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Yes, Tun Dr. Mahathir, you are absolutely right in saying, “Muslims in the country should be concerned about the plight of those in need of assistance to avoid the possibility of a deviation in their faith. If no one looks after them and they are in difficulty, they may become attracted to those who offer them aid.”
Although Tun just mean the Malays but Tun should notice that successive Malaysian Governments have ignored the plights ofBurmese Muslims and Rohingyas in Malaysia.
I am sad to see that some of the MyanmarPhD, MSc holders and Medical doctors have been accepted easily as citizens in Canada and Australia etc. Some Burmese Muslim andRohingya refugees were also accepted byWestern Christians. George Soros, American Jew and Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu ChiFoundation from Taiwan were actively helping them.
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I am afraid that what Tun said about Muslims in the country should be concerned about the plight of those in need of assistance to avoid the possibility of a deviation in their faith. If Malaysian Government just show some mercy and accept all of them by giving ID Cards like the ones given to 30,000 Acehnese or thousands of Bosnians or IMM 13 as given in East Malaysia, will be enough for them. No need to consider giving refugee status or citizenship but just let them legally stay and study here.
Please read TDM’s concern for the danger of needy Muslims’ deviation in their faith at Malaysiakini’s, “Don’t be hasty to act over apostasy, says Mahathir.”
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government should not be hasty in taking action on the alleged attempt to convert Muslims in the country into other faiths.
“It has to be studied first… at times the allegation is true, sometimes (it is) not true.
“If we are hasty in our investigation, then when (the action is) wrong, people will no longer believe us.
“Wait until correct information is obtained,” he told reporters after attending a breaking of the fast at Masjid Al-Ehsan, Batu 3, Kodiang, near Jerlun last night.
Also present were his wife Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali and son Mukhriz, who is also the deputy international trade and industry minister and member of parliament for Jerlun.
Dr Mahathir said Muslims in the country should be concerned about the plight of those in need of assistance to avoid the possibility of a deviation in their faith.
“If no one looks after them and they are in difficulty, they may become attracted to those who offer them aid,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr Mahathir said the people in this country must choose the right leader if they wished to see Malaysia continue to remain ahead in terms of development compared to most of the neighbouring countries.
“If we choose the wrong leader, they (the other neighbouring countries) will overtake us.
“Don’t choose people who only want to become the prime minister but do not want to do anything,” he added.
- Bernama
Credit : Dr. KoKo Gyi Blog
By Professor Kanbawza Win>>
In May, Osama bin-Laden was shot dead that sent the relations between Pakistan and US into a tailspin and obviously Pakistan, still depending on billions of dollars in civilian and military aid from Washington began to look Beijing as an alternative for a strategic counter weight to India. This was confirmed when Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met the Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu and thank him for $1.2 aid for law enforcement materials, when the US was accusing of the Pakistan intelligence ISI having links with the militants. But reading between the lines the Chinese response was lukewarm. A Chinese mining company, China Kingho Group pulled out of in the Southern Sindh province of Pakistan worth some $19 billion dollars plus, the biggest investment in Pakistan, citing security reasons, cannot not be comparable to the force withdrawal of Myitsone Dam of Burma in Kachin state worth a mere $3`6 billion. What is the catch?
Chinese Arm Twisting
Originating in a meeting between the Junta chief Senor-Gen Than Shwe and Chinese President Hu Jintao in April 2005, at the Asian-African in Jakarta, Indonesia, Than Shwe has ploy with the idea that electricity from Myitsone Dam hydro-power plant would be sold to China. But the Burmese military top brass, from their initial survey, knew that the negative impact of the planned project would be greater than its advantages and many top generals were unhappy with the dam construction but being cowards dare not speak out.
The Junta then launch a military offensive against the MNDAA (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army), the Kokang Narco group led by Peng Jiasheng, for not agreeing to the Junta’s proposed Border Guard Force plan, in spite of Chinese authority’s frequent requests not to use violent means in dealing with the ethnic armed groups based on the Sino-Burmese border. However, the Generals want to prove their independence to the people of Burma and to the international community and did not care. Beijing was furious with the regime for not respecting its request and informally suggested that it would reconsider its support in the international arena and threatened not to use the veto in the UN Security Council. This signal sends cold chills through the spines of the Generals who knew the consequences. Hence, to placate the matter, the supremo Than Shwe sent a delegation led by Shwe Mann where China skilfully twisted the arms of the Junta, to sign the three Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) including the Myitsone Dam (the other two were Arakan Gas Pipeline from the Bay of Bengal and the Economic &.Technical Cooperation).So far money has make monkey dance. But all that glitters is not gold.
The country's rulers have succumbed to China’s demand with the sole purpose of staying in power, however the people of Burma are still inclined to think that this giant neighbour to the north as enemy number one, because they clearly recollect the 1967 Chinese riots over the wearing of Mao Zedong and badge. For decades the resistances forces in northern Burma including KIA were funded by Chinese Communists just across the border. Under cover of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) the PLA (Peoples Liberation Army) had made aggression in the Sino-Burmese border areas. Many a Burmese solder have made a supreme sacrifices. Even me, then a young administrative officer in Public Works Corporation was forced to fight alongside of the government when at a time I was visiting the Kunlong Bridge project was surrounded by the Chinese in Northern Shan State. In fact many of these current generals have fought should to shoulder with us. But as of now, these generals who have shed their uniforms have become members of the under the quasi civilian administration have forgotten their comrades in arms who have made supreme sacrifices for the country and people with their blood and sweat.
They knew very well that China has controlled the movements of Burmese via the CPB while allowing ethnic armed groups under its influence to enter ceasefire agreements with the regime as it needs stability to exploit Burma’s natural and human resources. The People’s Republic of China was happy as long as Burma's internal affairs remained complex and the regime faced more and more pressure from the West. When a neighbour is eager to cash in exchange for natural resources, they readily did so as the nature of the Chinese mentality is that according to the Burmese saying “will hack his own mother brow if gold comes out of it”. Last year alone 40% of foreign investment in Burma came courtesy of China. Chinese companies have taken this golden opportunity and have tried to control the country's economy by pledging to support its rulers in the international arena. So whenever Chinese leaders visited Burma, they reportedly ask Burmese government officials to protect their fellow Chinese living in the country and protect the Chinese companies which tantamount to a sort of the Chinese economic imperialism, if not colonialism without empire. Now with the postponement of the dam project for 10 years it faced the real test. No doubt China Power Investment Corp., which is financing; China Gezhouba Group Corporation, involved in construction of the dam; and China Southern Power Grid Corp that will buy most of the power generated will be expecting a handsome compensation from the Burmese government.
Burmese National Scene
Myitsone in Burmese means the confluence of the two rivers Mae Kha and Mali Kha which combine together in the country’s northern Kachin state to form the mighty Irrawaddy River, the life blood of Burma since time immemorial. This is Geography.
U Myint, a leading Burmese top economic adviser to Burma President Thein Sein, already admitted that he does not support the Myitsone Dam Project, but kept “Hush Hush” by the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division for obvious reasons. The dam is being built less than 100 km from a major tectonic fault line, and if an earthquake causes the massive dam to break then the loss of life would be catastrophic. This is Technology.
The Myitsone Dam Project has already displaced thousands of residents and will displace many more once it is completed and 766 sq km (larger than Singapore) are flooded to create a giant reservoir. In addition, the building a dam at the source of Burma’s most important waterway will harm the lives of millions of people not just in Kachin State, but throughout the country with enormous negatives impact on social and environment. This is ecology.
It also has served as a kind of fulcrum of various political forces. Even though” You’re most obedient servant,” Minister for Electric Power, Zaw Min vowed that the dam would be built despite any public disapproval, Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry Win Tun apposed it and Soe Thein, Minister for Industry 1 and 2, question whether this project served “the national interest”. A major split in the ruling hierarchy. This is internal struggle.
Critics have rightly pointed out that the current government should adhere to Chapter 1, Article 45 of the junta-drafted 2008 Constitution that says, “The Union shall protect and conserve the natural environment.” This clearly demonstrates that the regime does not respect its own constitution.
Fierce criticisms have been raised about the Myitsone Dam Project from the general public who want action to save the vital Irrawaddy River. Many well-known artists, writers, poets, singers, environmentalists and social workers numbering 1,600 including the lady has signed a petition to Thein Sein to reconsider the decision. “Save the Irrawaddy Art Exhibition” on Sept 22nd attended by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, who told that, “People need to unite if they are to achieve what they want,” a message implying that the campaign to stop the Myitsone Dam Project could also become a rallying point for Burma’s opposition forces and ethnic nationalities in their efforts to bring democracy and human rights to the country. This is politics.
But the most important aspect is that the Myitsone Dam Project is also the confluence of the pro democracy movement and that of the ethnic nationalities fighting for autonomy within the Union. If it continues, the campaign to save the Irrawaddy River may also become a campaign to rid the country a new civilian government that has stage-managed elections by the military and its proxies who still wield power and control most top posts as well as to get rid of the Chinese influence and reclaim the nation’s natural resources. More than half a century of misrule by the military regime has squandered and depleted Burma’s wealth of natural resources for the benefit of China and an elite few in Burma, leaving many to wonder whether all of the country’s resources will all be gone by the time true democracy is achieved. With the Burmese public expressing dual outrage over the imminent threat to their beloved Irrawaddy River and the increased dominance of China, the Thein Sein administration have no choice but to bow to the peoples’ will and suspend Myitsone Dam Project in order to prevent any major political event in Burma just at the time they were trying to project an image of reform and stability to the outside world. The last thing the generals and ex-generals want is to see mass public protests, which would force them to give up their authoritarian grain and allow the protests to take place, setting a precedent for the future, or show their true colors and crack down as they have in the past.
View from this perspective the halting the Myitsone Dam Project does not mean the regime has changed its spots even though in the economic groups and some neighbouring countries will hail it as the latest sign of change.
Why So Craved about Sanctions?
Than Shwe and his bunch of generals have amassed immense wealth all these years but being septuagenarian, if not octogenarian knew that their days on this planet are numbered; how to transfer their ill gotten wealth to their near and dear ones become a great problem. They also knew that the Young Turks who are now much exposed to the outside world could not guaranteed as they may done to him like what he had done to his mentor Ne Win. Hence the
best way is to give their offspring is education but they have depleted the education system of the country in order to control the country and so they are very desirous of sending their offspring to the West and storing their ill gotten wealth in Swiss banks and other Western countries. Here sanctions became a stumbling block. as they could not send their offspring for further studies or to put their money in Western banks.
Even though they have their mansions in China and dumped some of their wealth, still in their hearts of heart knew could not be trusted as they have seen of what the Chinese have done to Slobodan Milosevic and his ambitious wife Mira who had transferred their wealth to China where the Chinese media hailed him as a folk hero. Milosevic’s son Marko one of the richest and most violent criminals in Serbia is encompassing a construction business, and real estate in Shanghai and Hong Kong had dumped. £145 million. The US knew all these and that the Chinese embassy in Belgrade is helping them and that was why they deliberately bombed the Chinese embassy on May 7th 1999. Now when the tide is turn the Chinese say that this wealth belong to the people of Serbia and transfer the money and kicked the family out.
The Burmese generals clearly see their picture and writings on the wall and hence their obsession is to have the sanctions remove by hook or by crook. It still has to take several concrete steps towards reforms such as releasing of 2000 plus political prisoners, only about a 220 so political prisoners including comedian Zarganar, ethnic Shan leader Sao Hso Ten, Win Mya Mya and Su Su Nway while important leaders like Khun Htun Oo, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi or Buddhist monk Ashin Gambira, who can play a role in reforming the country and achieving national reconciliation, are not included among the 6,359 the released prisoners. But they knew that without releasing this prisoner of conscience they have little or no chance to lift the sanctions and of course when Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesia's Foreign Minister and ASEAN Chairperson visit Naypyidaw they will release the second batch in an attempt to kill two birds with a stone.
The State Department seems to take credit, indicating that its “nuanced diplomacy” – encouraging the pro democracy movement, while at the same time “engaging” with the regime was crucial in Burma’s reversal Indeed, the project’s suspension was announced a week after Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin became the first regime high official in memory to visit Washington. But success may prove to be short-lived. China, reportedly livid, is adamantly trying to push the generals to revert to their default mode of ignoring their citizens and kowtowing to China. So the Obama administration had better stick to its guns. Such a victory would show the region that America is willing to confront China, reversing a dangerous trend. Beijing has scared the entire neighbourhood, and US allies are losing faith in the American ability to protect them from its bullying.
No doubt the United States is right in saying that it was an encouraging signs of progress while insisting on more substantive reform before changing policy. Outsiders are not so good at peering inside autocracies of dictators as it usually pretend at reform to tighten their stranglehold with the help of Western aid and trade. Thein Sein made a well calculated move to win more friends in the West as it endeavours to eliminate sanctions and deflect a call for a UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into crimes against humanity? That is why the best way to judge a regime is by its actions.
Admittedly U.S. sanctions alone have not yielded satisfactory results in Burma, a persuasive argument have never being tried in sanctions policy involving the full weight of American diplomacy. Certainly, removing sanctions now would do more to bless the superficial changes that have taken place since 2010 in Burma than they deserve. The Burmese Junta still maintain an iron grip on its people, and continues to carry out a foreign policy that is inimical to US interests and the US must continue to deny this regime the legitimacy it craves by continuing sanctions, and remain in place until true democratic reform comes to the people of Burma.
The U.S. should simply push the: rule of law, respect for internationally recognized human right standards, and stability, to take demonstrable steps toward developing a genuine democratic system, permitting real political dissent, further loosening restrictions on the people of Burma. A minimum requirement is the release of 2,000 or so political prisoners, many of whom have been tortured and mistreated. The regime also should stop stifling the nation’s media and political parties, protecting basic human rights, combating its drug trade, and make known its nuclear ties with North Korea. Then and only then, the West can make a more informed judgment about the proper response of lifting sanctions.
Quasi Civilian Government Still Harbours Ill Will
At the UNGA, the regime’s spokesman has admitted the military leaders are responsible for Burma's backwardness. Their false ideology and selfishness, their ignorance and superstition, their refusal to listen to scholars and experts and their failure to recognize changes in the international arena have all contributed to the country's decline. Now they are attempting to hoodwink the international community to give them a second chance. But their true colour was revealed when they deliberately refused to recognize the Panglong Accord of 1947 which makes the modern Union of Burma. Instead of real Genuine Union of Burma, they are imposing the Myanmar imperialism, if not outright colonialism over the ethnic nationalities, which are the basic cause of ethnic nationalities grievances, and is in the course of luring the pro democracy movement to its side while without yielding any substantial compromise either to the ethnic nationalities or for genuine national reconciliation with the people of Burma.
The comedian Zargana on his release said that the government does not have a true desire to release all political prisoners as they do not have the will or change of hearts for real national reconciliation, peace or democracy. Dr Zarni comments that “Hard facts on the ground speak louder than the military’s institutionalized fiction that the senior and junior generals vis-Γ -vis civilians are brilliant nation-builders” holds no water and cannot be construed as a quest for peace and ethnic equality or as a political solution to the non-Myanmar, ethnic nationalities which has a grievances since the making of modern Burma. It still has to recognize the legitimate rights of the ethnic nationalities by negotiating with NUFC and recognizing Panglong Accord... So the main aim of this "small changes" was the lifting of Western sanctions and confirmation of its chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) in 2014 – which would go a long way towards normalising the country's international position. This uniform shed paranoid generals are still power maniacs and did not harbour a pale of patriotism as they are
not genuinely interested in building a democracy or improving the human rights situation and what more proof is wanted when there have been three broken ceasefires (with the Kachin, Karen and Shan minorities),a massive increase in army attacks on ethnic groups, and a sharp rise in gang rapes involving women and children. The even did not admit that there are political prisoners, which clearly indicates that the human rights situation is getting worse.
Relaxing some media controls was part of an attempt to regain international legitimacy and neutralise the NLD and even its ardent supporter the ICG agree there is a long way to go before reform triumphs in Burma. And while ASEAN may use recent upbeat signals to justify their long-held, ill-disguised wish to normalise relations, Western governments are treading carefully so far.US official spokesperson, Mark Toner, said "We haven't changed our basic approach. Our policy is still a dual track approach with sanctions but also with principled engagement."
Bilateral Relations
The question now is what the suspension will mean for relations between Burma and its main political ally, China. The answer is short and simple. Nothing will happen; the bilateral relations will remain as usual and will work out smoothly as before. The two regimes are birds of a feather. In their hearts of hearts they love dictatorships, the latter openly declares to be the dictatorships of the proletariat while the new quasi civilian government orchestrated by the Burmese Junta is a continuation of the military dictatorship since 1962. At least China is not shy about it and demonstrates them by always propping up dictators of the world especially Africa and Asia and the latest being Syria whereas China use its veto but Burma continue to lie the very concept of truth.
Since the mysterious bombs exploded at Myitsone Dam Project some fatal, unnerved Chinese workers and realised the unstable security situation. The Chinese labourers would often leave for weeks at a time, and the project fell behind schedule. The Kachin and the government troops are in a fierce undeclared war. It was hardly the most stable working environment for Chinese dam workers. In fact, a leaked internal document appears to indicate that the Chinese wanted to pull out of the project, despite the promise of electricity for Yunnan. Now with the Burmese President's remarkable announcement, the secret wishes of the Chinese have come true. Besides the project has not received high-level support as an internal report by the China Power Investment Corporation in 2009, said that its size the world’s fiftieth tallest dam piping China’s mammoth Three Georges Dam was unnecessary and called for it to be scrapped.
It seems to be the connivance of the two governments as the new quasi civilian government is just waiting for the outrage to die down and the mega Myitsone Dam Project will be reworked into six more hydropower dams, as well as crude oil and natural gas pipelines linking Burma’s Arakan coast with China’s South-western city of Kunming, via Shan State. The gas pipeline will transport natural gas from Burma’s lucrative offshore site, known as the Shwe project, to refineries in China. Along with these projects, China and Burma will establish a railway link as well as a trade and transportation corridor connecting China with the Indian Ocean. China wants to ensure the strategically more important oil and gas pipelines?
Beijing still has a lot to gain from Burma's untapped natural resources and also needs to successfully implement its other investments and cannot afford to alienate such an economic and strategic ally now that China is endeavouring to diversify its sources of oil and gas and guard against potential shipping disruptions in the Malacca Strait.
One has to remember that Burma is the first country to recognize China outside the Communist bloc and the PLA has helped the Burmese army to drive out the remnants of the KMT at operations Mekong in the late 50s. But relation detonated after the Chinese riots in 1967 as describe earlier but after Mao`s death in 1976 and pragmatic leader Deng Xiaoping supporting revolutionary in the regions is not in Beijing`s interest ended the Chinese support to CPB and economic cooperation started. After 1988, China fully supported the dictators supplying a large military hardware to the tune of 4.2 billion and sending military advisers. Cross border trade boom
Burma is also strategically important to China, because it is only through Burma that China has access to the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, and Chinese naval vessels made port calls in Burma for the first time last year. For these reasons, China also does not want to overreact to the Myitsone Dam Project suspension and push Burma into the arms of the West.
Also it is important to remember that the greedy China needs Burma as Beijing has heavily invested in Burma’s energy sector and will continue to do so.
Furthermore, Thein Sein knows that Beijing will want to maintain its status quo as his government's foremost ally, to prevent Burma from growing closer to the Western powers that are showing a strong interest in engaging Naypyidaw. For his part, Thein Sein also knows that he needs China's backing, because Burma remains under international sanctions—despite tentative praise from the West over the Myitsone Dam decision and his engagement with the Aung San Suu Kyi
It is just a sign of growing confidence on the part of Burmese leaders that the country's expansive untapped natural resources and its strategic location between India and China could make it hard for China to penalize the country or otherwise divert investment elsewhere. With the decision to halt the dam, the "Chinese are reminded that the regime is its own regime," The urgency to display independence from Beijing has increased as the new puppet regime endeavor to win more support from local citizens and demonstrate to skeptical Western leaders that the country is heading toward more democratic reform. It also forced China to back more environmentally friendly investments
China is also important because of the Myanmar hegemony wars with ethnic nationalities near the Sino-Burmese border, and to successful implementation of Myanmar colonialism over these ethnic nationalities will require Chinese cooperation as China’s influence over such groups as the 20,000-strong United WA State Army and the 10,000-strong Kachin Independence, can't be neglected by Naypyidaw. It seems to prove that this cancellation is a Beijing- Naypyidaw collaborating with each other, to defuse resistance the resistance of Myitsone Dam Project
Politically as well as economically, Burma still needs China. For more than two decades, Beijing has been the one backing the Burmese regime whenever it was faced with international pressure and condemnation for its brutal clampdowns on civilians and opposition forces. Burma’s ruling leaders knew they could count on Beijing’s unequivocal support in the international arena.
The only thing which we can surely says is that the days for China using a dominating tone over the Burmese government, and concentrating only on its own economic interests and not for the people in Burma are gone forever. Perhaps making the monkey dance without love and sincerity to win the hearts has taught them bitter lessons. In other words the Chinese who want to continue to do business in Burma have to do their best not to increase anti-Chinese sentiment among Burmese people; it needs to comply with the desires of the Burmese people. Anything that affects the future of the Irrawaddy River must be considered a national cause and its fate cannot be decided by any individual or political party
As a rising super power and one of the largest countries in the world, China has more responsibility to preserve that tradition and not to let it be destroyed by inordinate greed. China may feel that it is being unfairly treated by the very people that it has aided in committing a long list of crimes against their own citizens—not only indirectly, by giving them diplomatic cover and the economic means to ride out decades of punitive sanctions, but also directly, by supplying them with weapons of mass oppression under the smokes screen of “win-win” arrangements that fully respect the sovereignty of other countries.
The Chinese thinking that governments, no matter how illegitimate, should be regarded as monolithic embodiments of this sovereignty and do business with them. Being always profit motivated always construe that this situation should be exploited, rather than as a problem to be corrected. Propping up reprehensible regimes, particularly those with control over natural resources, has become a cornerstone of Chinese Foreign Policy should be rethink Its practice of embracing pariah regimes to cut deals highly favourable to China’s interests, and not to those of local people, is not only amoral opportunism but is not conducive to be a benevolent superpower. This monkey business not only applied to Burma but also in Africa where China has invested US$ 3 billion in Zambia, over the past three years and when elected President Michael Sate, described Chinese investors as “infesters” they were mad. Very lately China has offered to sell more than $200 million in weapons and ammunition to Muammar Gaddafi is just some of the classic examples. China must stop riding roughshod over the rule of law when it suits its purposes, and learn to respect the rights of other countries' citizens, and not just the illegitimate claims of their self-appointed rulers. They must win the heart of the people of Burma.
In May, Osama bin-Laden was shot dead that sent the relations between Pakistan and US into a tailspin and obviously Pakistan, still depending on billions of dollars in civilian and military aid from Washington began to look Beijing as an alternative for a strategic counter weight to India. This was confirmed when Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met the Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu and thank him for $1.2 aid for law enforcement materials, when the US was accusing of the Pakistan intelligence ISI having links with the militants. But reading between the lines the Chinese response was lukewarm. A Chinese mining company, China Kingho Group pulled out of in the Southern Sindh province of Pakistan worth some $19 billion dollars plus, the biggest investment in Pakistan, citing security reasons, cannot not be comparable to the force withdrawal of Myitsone Dam of Burma in Kachin state worth a mere $3`6 billion. What is the catch?
Chinese Arm Twisting
Originating in a meeting between the Junta chief Senor-Gen Than Shwe and Chinese President Hu Jintao in April 2005, at the Asian-African in Jakarta, Indonesia, Than Shwe has ploy with the idea that electricity from Myitsone Dam hydro-power plant would be sold to China. But the Burmese military top brass, from their initial survey, knew that the negative impact of the planned project would be greater than its advantages and many top generals were unhappy with the dam construction but being cowards dare not speak out.
The Junta then launch a military offensive against the MNDAA (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army), the Kokang Narco group led by Peng Jiasheng, for not agreeing to the Junta’s proposed Border Guard Force plan, in spite of Chinese authority’s frequent requests not to use violent means in dealing with the ethnic armed groups based on the Sino-Burmese border. However, the Generals want to prove their independence to the people of Burma and to the international community and did not care. Beijing was furious with the regime for not respecting its request and informally suggested that it would reconsider its support in the international arena and threatened not to use the veto in the UN Security Council. This signal sends cold chills through the spines of the Generals who knew the consequences. Hence, to placate the matter, the supremo Than Shwe sent a delegation led by Shwe Mann where China skilfully twisted the arms of the Junta, to sign the three Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) including the Myitsone Dam (the other two were Arakan Gas Pipeline from the Bay of Bengal and the Economic &.Technical Cooperation).So far money has make monkey dance. But all that glitters is not gold.
The country's rulers have succumbed to China’s demand with the sole purpose of staying in power, however the people of Burma are still inclined to think that this giant neighbour to the north as enemy number one, because they clearly recollect the 1967 Chinese riots over the wearing of Mao Zedong and badge. For decades the resistances forces in northern Burma including KIA were funded by Chinese Communists just across the border. Under cover of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) the PLA (Peoples Liberation Army) had made aggression in the Sino-Burmese border areas. Many a Burmese solder have made a supreme sacrifices. Even me, then a young administrative officer in Public Works Corporation was forced to fight alongside of the government when at a time I was visiting the Kunlong Bridge project was surrounded by the Chinese in Northern Shan State. In fact many of these current generals have fought should to shoulder with us. But as of now, these generals who have shed their uniforms have become members of the under the quasi civilian administration have forgotten their comrades in arms who have made supreme sacrifices for the country and people with their blood and sweat.
They knew very well that China has controlled the movements of Burmese via the CPB while allowing ethnic armed groups under its influence to enter ceasefire agreements with the regime as it needs stability to exploit Burma’s natural and human resources. The People’s Republic of China was happy as long as Burma's internal affairs remained complex and the regime faced more and more pressure from the West. When a neighbour is eager to cash in exchange for natural resources, they readily did so as the nature of the Chinese mentality is that according to the Burmese saying “will hack his own mother brow if gold comes out of it”. Last year alone 40% of foreign investment in Burma came courtesy of China. Chinese companies have taken this golden opportunity and have tried to control the country's economy by pledging to support its rulers in the international arena. So whenever Chinese leaders visited Burma, they reportedly ask Burmese government officials to protect their fellow Chinese living in the country and protect the Chinese companies which tantamount to a sort of the Chinese economic imperialism, if not colonialism without empire. Now with the postponement of the dam project for 10 years it faced the real test. No doubt China Power Investment Corp., which is financing; China Gezhouba Group Corporation, involved in construction of the dam; and China Southern Power Grid Corp that will buy most of the power generated will be expecting a handsome compensation from the Burmese government.
Burmese National Scene
Myitsone in Burmese means the confluence of the two rivers Mae Kha and Mali Kha which combine together in the country’s northern Kachin state to form the mighty Irrawaddy River, the life blood of Burma since time immemorial. This is Geography.
U Myint, a leading Burmese top economic adviser to Burma President Thein Sein, already admitted that he does not support the Myitsone Dam Project, but kept “Hush Hush” by the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division for obvious reasons. The dam is being built less than 100 km from a major tectonic fault line, and if an earthquake causes the massive dam to break then the loss of life would be catastrophic. This is Technology.
The Myitsone Dam Project has already displaced thousands of residents and will displace many more once it is completed and 766 sq km (larger than Singapore) are flooded to create a giant reservoir. In addition, the building a dam at the source of Burma’s most important waterway will harm the lives of millions of people not just in Kachin State, but throughout the country with enormous negatives impact on social and environment. This is ecology.
It also has served as a kind of fulcrum of various political forces. Even though” You’re most obedient servant,” Minister for Electric Power, Zaw Min vowed that the dam would be built despite any public disapproval, Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry Win Tun apposed it and Soe Thein, Minister for Industry 1 and 2, question whether this project served “the national interest”. A major split in the ruling hierarchy. This is internal struggle.
Critics have rightly pointed out that the current government should adhere to Chapter 1, Article 45 of the junta-drafted 2008 Constitution that says, “The Union shall protect and conserve the natural environment.” This clearly demonstrates that the regime does not respect its own constitution.
Fierce criticisms have been raised about the Myitsone Dam Project from the general public who want action to save the vital Irrawaddy River. Many well-known artists, writers, poets, singers, environmentalists and social workers numbering 1,600 including the lady has signed a petition to Thein Sein to reconsider the decision. “Save the Irrawaddy Art Exhibition” on Sept 22nd attended by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, who told that, “People need to unite if they are to achieve what they want,” a message implying that the campaign to stop the Myitsone Dam Project could also become a rallying point for Burma’s opposition forces and ethnic nationalities in their efforts to bring democracy and human rights to the country. This is politics.
But the most important aspect is that the Myitsone Dam Project is also the confluence of the pro democracy movement and that of the ethnic nationalities fighting for autonomy within the Union. If it continues, the campaign to save the Irrawaddy River may also become a campaign to rid the country a new civilian government that has stage-managed elections by the military and its proxies who still wield power and control most top posts as well as to get rid of the Chinese influence and reclaim the nation’s natural resources. More than half a century of misrule by the military regime has squandered and depleted Burma’s wealth of natural resources for the benefit of China and an elite few in Burma, leaving many to wonder whether all of the country’s resources will all be gone by the time true democracy is achieved. With the Burmese public expressing dual outrage over the imminent threat to their beloved Irrawaddy River and the increased dominance of China, the Thein Sein administration have no choice but to bow to the peoples’ will and suspend Myitsone Dam Project in order to prevent any major political event in Burma just at the time they were trying to project an image of reform and stability to the outside world. The last thing the generals and ex-generals want is to see mass public protests, which would force them to give up their authoritarian grain and allow the protests to take place, setting a precedent for the future, or show their true colors and crack down as they have in the past.
View from this perspective the halting the Myitsone Dam Project does not mean the regime has changed its spots even though in the economic groups and some neighbouring countries will hail it as the latest sign of change.
Why So Craved about Sanctions?
Than Shwe and his bunch of generals have amassed immense wealth all these years but being septuagenarian, if not octogenarian knew that their days on this planet are numbered; how to transfer their ill gotten wealth to their near and dear ones become a great problem. They also knew that the Young Turks who are now much exposed to the outside world could not guaranteed as they may done to him like what he had done to his mentor Ne Win. Hence the
best way is to give their offspring is education but they have depleted the education system of the country in order to control the country and so they are very desirous of sending their offspring to the West and storing their ill gotten wealth in Swiss banks and other Western countries. Here sanctions became a stumbling block. as they could not send their offspring for further studies or to put their money in Western banks.
Even though they have their mansions in China and dumped some of their wealth, still in their hearts of heart knew could not be trusted as they have seen of what the Chinese have done to Slobodan Milosevic and his ambitious wife Mira who had transferred their wealth to China where the Chinese media hailed him as a folk hero. Milosevic’s son Marko one of the richest and most violent criminals in Serbia is encompassing a construction business, and real estate in Shanghai and Hong Kong had dumped. £145 million. The US knew all these and that the Chinese embassy in Belgrade is helping them and that was why they deliberately bombed the Chinese embassy on May 7th 1999. Now when the tide is turn the Chinese say that this wealth belong to the people of Serbia and transfer the money and kicked the family out.
The Burmese generals clearly see their picture and writings on the wall and hence their obsession is to have the sanctions remove by hook or by crook. It still has to take several concrete steps towards reforms such as releasing of 2000 plus political prisoners, only about a 220 so political prisoners including comedian Zarganar, ethnic Shan leader Sao Hso Ten, Win Mya Mya and Su Su Nway while important leaders like Khun Htun Oo, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi or Buddhist monk Ashin Gambira, who can play a role in reforming the country and achieving national reconciliation, are not included among the 6,359 the released prisoners. But they knew that without releasing this prisoner of conscience they have little or no chance to lift the sanctions and of course when Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesia's Foreign Minister and ASEAN Chairperson visit Naypyidaw they will release the second batch in an attempt to kill two birds with a stone.
The State Department seems to take credit, indicating that its “nuanced diplomacy” – encouraging the pro democracy movement, while at the same time “engaging” with the regime was crucial in Burma’s reversal Indeed, the project’s suspension was announced a week after Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin became the first regime high official in memory to visit Washington. But success may prove to be short-lived. China, reportedly livid, is adamantly trying to push the generals to revert to their default mode of ignoring their citizens and kowtowing to China. So the Obama administration had better stick to its guns. Such a victory would show the region that America is willing to confront China, reversing a dangerous trend. Beijing has scared the entire neighbourhood, and US allies are losing faith in the American ability to protect them from its bullying.
No doubt the United States is right in saying that it was an encouraging signs of progress while insisting on more substantive reform before changing policy. Outsiders are not so good at peering inside autocracies of dictators as it usually pretend at reform to tighten their stranglehold with the help of Western aid and trade. Thein Sein made a well calculated move to win more friends in the West as it endeavours to eliminate sanctions and deflect a call for a UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into crimes against humanity? That is why the best way to judge a regime is by its actions.
Admittedly U.S. sanctions alone have not yielded satisfactory results in Burma, a persuasive argument have never being tried in sanctions policy involving the full weight of American diplomacy. Certainly, removing sanctions now would do more to bless the superficial changes that have taken place since 2010 in Burma than they deserve. The Burmese Junta still maintain an iron grip on its people, and continues to carry out a foreign policy that is inimical to US interests and the US must continue to deny this regime the legitimacy it craves by continuing sanctions, and remain in place until true democratic reform comes to the people of Burma.
The U.S. should simply push the: rule of law, respect for internationally recognized human right standards, and stability, to take demonstrable steps toward developing a genuine democratic system, permitting real political dissent, further loosening restrictions on the people of Burma. A minimum requirement is the release of 2,000 or so political prisoners, many of whom have been tortured and mistreated. The regime also should stop stifling the nation’s media and political parties, protecting basic human rights, combating its drug trade, and make known its nuclear ties with North Korea. Then and only then, the West can make a more informed judgment about the proper response of lifting sanctions.
Quasi Civilian Government Still Harbours Ill Will
At the UNGA, the regime’s spokesman has admitted the military leaders are responsible for Burma's backwardness. Their false ideology and selfishness, their ignorance and superstition, their refusal to listen to scholars and experts and their failure to recognize changes in the international arena have all contributed to the country's decline. Now they are attempting to hoodwink the international community to give them a second chance. But their true colour was revealed when they deliberately refused to recognize the Panglong Accord of 1947 which makes the modern Union of Burma. Instead of real Genuine Union of Burma, they are imposing the Myanmar imperialism, if not outright colonialism over the ethnic nationalities, which are the basic cause of ethnic nationalities grievances, and is in the course of luring the pro democracy movement to its side while without yielding any substantial compromise either to the ethnic nationalities or for genuine national reconciliation with the people of Burma.
The comedian Zargana on his release said that the government does not have a true desire to release all political prisoners as they do not have the will or change of hearts for real national reconciliation, peace or democracy. Dr Zarni comments that “Hard facts on the ground speak louder than the military’s institutionalized fiction that the senior and junior generals vis-Γ -vis civilians are brilliant nation-builders” holds no water and cannot be construed as a quest for peace and ethnic equality or as a political solution to the non-Myanmar, ethnic nationalities which has a grievances since the making of modern Burma. It still has to recognize the legitimate rights of the ethnic nationalities by negotiating with NUFC and recognizing Panglong Accord... So the main aim of this "small changes" was the lifting of Western sanctions and confirmation of its chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) in 2014 – which would go a long way towards normalising the country's international position. This uniform shed paranoid generals are still power maniacs and did not harbour a pale of patriotism as they are
not genuinely interested in building a democracy or improving the human rights situation and what more proof is wanted when there have been three broken ceasefires (with the Kachin, Karen and Shan minorities),a massive increase in army attacks on ethnic groups, and a sharp rise in gang rapes involving women and children. The even did not admit that there are political prisoners, which clearly indicates that the human rights situation is getting worse.
Relaxing some media controls was part of an attempt to regain international legitimacy and neutralise the NLD and even its ardent supporter the ICG agree there is a long way to go before reform triumphs in Burma. And while ASEAN may use recent upbeat signals to justify their long-held, ill-disguised wish to normalise relations, Western governments are treading carefully so far.US official spokesperson, Mark Toner, said "We haven't changed our basic approach. Our policy is still a dual track approach with sanctions but also with principled engagement."
Bilateral Relations
The question now is what the suspension will mean for relations between Burma and its main political ally, China. The answer is short and simple. Nothing will happen; the bilateral relations will remain as usual and will work out smoothly as before. The two regimes are birds of a feather. In their hearts of hearts they love dictatorships, the latter openly declares to be the dictatorships of the proletariat while the new quasi civilian government orchestrated by the Burmese Junta is a continuation of the military dictatorship since 1962. At least China is not shy about it and demonstrates them by always propping up dictators of the world especially Africa and Asia and the latest being Syria whereas China use its veto but Burma continue to lie the very concept of truth.
Since the mysterious bombs exploded at Myitsone Dam Project some fatal, unnerved Chinese workers and realised the unstable security situation. The Chinese labourers would often leave for weeks at a time, and the project fell behind schedule. The Kachin and the government troops are in a fierce undeclared war. It was hardly the most stable working environment for Chinese dam workers. In fact, a leaked internal document appears to indicate that the Chinese wanted to pull out of the project, despite the promise of electricity for Yunnan. Now with the Burmese President's remarkable announcement, the secret wishes of the Chinese have come true. Besides the project has not received high-level support as an internal report by the China Power Investment Corporation in 2009, said that its size the world’s fiftieth tallest dam piping China’s mammoth Three Georges Dam was unnecessary and called for it to be scrapped.
It seems to be the connivance of the two governments as the new quasi civilian government is just waiting for the outrage to die down and the mega Myitsone Dam Project will be reworked into six more hydropower dams, as well as crude oil and natural gas pipelines linking Burma’s Arakan coast with China’s South-western city of Kunming, via Shan State. The gas pipeline will transport natural gas from Burma’s lucrative offshore site, known as the Shwe project, to refineries in China. Along with these projects, China and Burma will establish a railway link as well as a trade and transportation corridor connecting China with the Indian Ocean. China wants to ensure the strategically more important oil and gas pipelines?
Beijing still has a lot to gain from Burma's untapped natural resources and also needs to successfully implement its other investments and cannot afford to alienate such an economic and strategic ally now that China is endeavouring to diversify its sources of oil and gas and guard against potential shipping disruptions in the Malacca Strait.
One has to remember that Burma is the first country to recognize China outside the Communist bloc and the PLA has helped the Burmese army to drive out the remnants of the KMT at operations Mekong in the late 50s. But relation detonated after the Chinese riots in 1967 as describe earlier but after Mao`s death in 1976 and pragmatic leader Deng Xiaoping supporting revolutionary in the regions is not in Beijing`s interest ended the Chinese support to CPB and economic cooperation started. After 1988, China fully supported the dictators supplying a large military hardware to the tune of 4.2 billion and sending military advisers. Cross border trade boom
Burma is also strategically important to China, because it is only through Burma that China has access to the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, and Chinese naval vessels made port calls in Burma for the first time last year. For these reasons, China also does not want to overreact to the Myitsone Dam Project suspension and push Burma into the arms of the West.
Also it is important to remember that the greedy China needs Burma as Beijing has heavily invested in Burma’s energy sector and will continue to do so.
Furthermore, Thein Sein knows that Beijing will want to maintain its status quo as his government's foremost ally, to prevent Burma from growing closer to the Western powers that are showing a strong interest in engaging Naypyidaw. For his part, Thein Sein also knows that he needs China's backing, because Burma remains under international sanctions—despite tentative praise from the West over the Myitsone Dam decision and his engagement with the Aung San Suu Kyi
It is just a sign of growing confidence on the part of Burmese leaders that the country's expansive untapped natural resources and its strategic location between India and China could make it hard for China to penalize the country or otherwise divert investment elsewhere. With the decision to halt the dam, the "Chinese are reminded that the regime is its own regime," The urgency to display independence from Beijing has increased as the new puppet regime endeavor to win more support from local citizens and demonstrate to skeptical Western leaders that the country is heading toward more democratic reform. It also forced China to back more environmentally friendly investments
China is also important because of the Myanmar hegemony wars with ethnic nationalities near the Sino-Burmese border, and to successful implementation of Myanmar colonialism over these ethnic nationalities will require Chinese cooperation as China’s influence over such groups as the 20,000-strong United WA State Army and the 10,000-strong Kachin Independence, can't be neglected by Naypyidaw. It seems to prove that this cancellation is a Beijing- Naypyidaw collaborating with each other, to defuse resistance the resistance of Myitsone Dam Project
Politically as well as economically, Burma still needs China. For more than two decades, Beijing has been the one backing the Burmese regime whenever it was faced with international pressure and condemnation for its brutal clampdowns on civilians and opposition forces. Burma’s ruling leaders knew they could count on Beijing’s unequivocal support in the international arena.
The only thing which we can surely says is that the days for China using a dominating tone over the Burmese government, and concentrating only on its own economic interests and not for the people in Burma are gone forever. Perhaps making the monkey dance without love and sincerity to win the hearts has taught them bitter lessons. In other words the Chinese who want to continue to do business in Burma have to do their best not to increase anti-Chinese sentiment among Burmese people; it needs to comply with the desires of the Burmese people. Anything that affects the future of the Irrawaddy River must be considered a national cause and its fate cannot be decided by any individual or political party
As a rising super power and one of the largest countries in the world, China has more responsibility to preserve that tradition and not to let it be destroyed by inordinate greed. China may feel that it is being unfairly treated by the very people that it has aided in committing a long list of crimes against their own citizens—not only indirectly, by giving them diplomatic cover and the economic means to ride out decades of punitive sanctions, but also directly, by supplying them with weapons of mass oppression under the smokes screen of “win-win” arrangements that fully respect the sovereignty of other countries.
The Chinese thinking that governments, no matter how illegitimate, should be regarded as monolithic embodiments of this sovereignty and do business with them. Being always profit motivated always construe that this situation should be exploited, rather than as a problem to be corrected. Propping up reprehensible regimes, particularly those with control over natural resources, has become a cornerstone of Chinese Foreign Policy should be rethink Its practice of embracing pariah regimes to cut deals highly favourable to China’s interests, and not to those of local people, is not only amoral opportunism but is not conducive to be a benevolent superpower. This monkey business not only applied to Burma but also in Africa where China has invested US$ 3 billion in Zambia, over the past three years and when elected President Michael Sate, described Chinese investors as “infesters” they were mad. Very lately China has offered to sell more than $200 million in weapons and ammunition to Muammar Gaddafi is just some of the classic examples. China must stop riding roughshod over the rule of law when it suits its purposes, and learn to respect the rights of other countries' citizens, and not just the illegitimate claims of their self-appointed rulers. They must win the heart of the people of Burma.
Credit : Henry Soe Win (D4B)
αိုα/-
ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္
α‘ေαြေαြ α‘αြα္းေαးαွဴးα်ဳα္၊
α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္၊
αα္αုα္αΏαိဳα။
αα္α
ြဲα။ ။ေα‘ာα္αိုαာ (α)၊ αααα αုႏွα
္။
α
ာα‘αွα္။ ။ Ref : frc‐rec 04/03/2011
αီαိုαေαα
ီ αူαဲေαာα္း၊ α‘α်ိဳးαား ေαါα္းေαာα္ααီး ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ αα္α်ား… ααၤαာα‘ေαါα္းαဲα αေαာα္းႏိုα္αါေα
αု ႏုα္αြα္းαα္ααိုα္αါαα္။
αα½ြα္ေαာ္α်ား αြα္αα္ေαာ αိုαα္α်ာ αႈα္αွားαႈα‘αြဲααွ ေα‘ာα္αါα‘αိုα္း α
ာေαးေαာα္းαိုαိုα္αါαα္။
ျαα္αာႏိုα္αံαြα္ ျαα္αူα်ားαα္αွ αားαားαα္αα္ αα္αα္αာ α
α
္α‘ာαာαွα္α
αα
္ αိαံုးα်ဳα္ေαးႏွα့္ αီαိုαေαα
ီႏွα့္ αူαα‘αြα့္α‘ေαးα‘αြα္ αာααΎαာαွα္α
ြာ α‘αα
္αာαံ αိုα္αြဲαα္α်α္αွိαα့္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ αဲ့αိုα ေαါα္းေαာα္ေαာα္း၊ αူαဲေαာα္းαα
္α¦း αွိေααα့္α‘αြα္ αိαိαိုα α‘αြα္αံေαာα္းαα္αု αံαူαါαα္။ αိုαα‘ျαα္ αုိαဲ့αိုα αူးαα½ြα္ေျαာα္ေျαာα္αα့္ ေαါα္းေαာα္αွိေαာ ျαα္αာ့ေျαေαααြα္ αိုαα္α်ာα‘α်ိဳးαားα်ား ျαα
္ααα္α‘αြα္αα္း αα္းေျαာα္၊ αုα္αူααံုး ျαα
္ေααါαα္။
αီαိုαေαα
ီႏွα့္ αူαα‘αြα့္α‘ေαး αိုα္αြဲαေαွ်ာα္αြα္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္၏ α¦းေαာα္αႈαို αα½ြα္ေαာ္α်ား α‘αြဲα α‘α
α္းαွ αံုးαေαာα္αံαΏαီး၊ α€αိုα္αြဲαြα္ αိုαα္α်ာαα
္α်ိဳးαားαံုးαα္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ႏွα့္ αေαြး ααားαα္းျαα
္αါေαΎαာα္း၊ αိုαα‘ျαα္၊ αိαိαိုαα‘ေαျαα့္ α€αီαိုαေαα
ီαိုα္αြဲαြα္ α်αာαာαα္ႏွα့္ ααၱαားα်ားαို ေα်ααြα္α
ြာαα္းေαာα္αα္း αα½ြႏ္ုα္αိုα၏ ေαါα္းေαာα္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ ႏွα့္ ေαွααα္၍ αူးေαါα္းေαာα္αြα္ αြားαα္ ျαα
္αါေαΎαာα္း α‘αိေαးαိုα္αါαα္။
αα္αα္၍ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ α¦းေαာα္α်α္ αိုα္းαα္းαား αူα်ိဳးα
ုα်ားα‘ေαးαို ေျααွα္းေαးႏွα့္ αုαိαα‘ ααိα္ αα္αံုαီαာαံ ျαα
္ေျαာα္ေαးαို αိုαα္α်ာ α‘α်ိဳးαားαု αα
္αα္αံုးαုိα္α
ား ေαာα္αံααိဳαိုαါေαΎαာα္းႏွα့္ ေαွααα္ေαာα္αြα္αြားαါαα္ αႏα΅ျαဳαါေαΎαာα္း α‘αိေαးαိုαါαα္။
ႏုိα္αံααွα္းαံုး ααုαဲ့αိုα ႏိုα္αံေαး၊ α
ီးαြါးေαး αိα
α₯αα္α်ား၊ ααားα₯αေαေαးႏွα့္ αူαα‘αြα့္α‘ေαးαိα
α₯αα္α်ား α
αα့္ α‘α်α္α‘αα္းα်ား αα္αိုα္ေαααα့္α‘α်ိα္αြα္၊ ααုαဲ့αိုα α
ာα်ိဳးေαးααα္αွာ ααႊဲေαွာα္ႏိုα္၍αာ ျαα
္αΏαီး၊ ႏိုα္αံ့α‘ေαးα‘αာαို αα
္α်ဴαႈျαα္း၊ α‘αိ်α္α‘αါααုα္αဲ αိုα့္αိα
α₯αα္α်ားαို α‘αၱαα္αα္ ႏိုα္αံေαးα
α္ေαα αြဲαα္ ျαα္း… α‘α
αွိαα့္ αα္αြα္α်α္α်ား αွိαα္αု ααူααါαα္ α‘αူး ေαာα္းαα္αိုαါαα္။
α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲα αု-α₯αၠα α¦းαα္α¦း α‘ား ေα‘ာα္αိုαာ (α) αα္ေαα α RFA ျαα္αာαိုα္း α‘αံαႊα့္ αာααွ α‘α္αာα်ဴးαုα္αာ၊ α¦းαα္α¦းαွ ααိုα္ျαα္αα္α‘αြα္း ေααိုα္α်α္αွိေαာ αိုαα္α်ာα်ားα‘ား ααα္ႏိုα္αံαွ αိုးαα္ ေααိုα္αူα်ားαု ေျαာαိုαΏαီး၊ αα္းα‘ာαာαွိαုα္းα ααα္ႏိုα္αံαွ αိုးαα္αာαူ ααၤါαီးα်ား၏αα္αွ αိုα္းαα္းαား αီα‘α
္αို ααိုα္α‘α်ိဳးαားα်ားα‘ား α‘αာα‘αြα္ေαးαα္αု ေျαာαိုေျααΎαားαြားαα္αို αား ေαာα္αိုα္ααါαα္။
α‘αွα္αွာ ααိုα္ျαα္αα္α‘αြα္းေα αိုαα္α်ာα်ားαα္ αိုေαααြα္ αα္α αိုα္းαα္းαားαα
္αα္α‘ျαα
္ α‘ေျααα် ေααိုα္αာαဲ့αα္αွာ ႏွα
္αာα
ုα်ီေααΏαီျαα
္၍ αါαီαα္ αီαိုαေαα
ီေαα္αြα္ α‘α
ိုးαα‘αီးαီး၏ α‘αိα‘αွα္ျαဳαႈα်ား αွိαဲ့αα့္α‘ျαα္၊ ααα-αα‘α α‘α
ိုးααα္αα္ α်α္းααဲ့ေαာ ေαြးေαာα္αြဲ α‘αီးαီးα်ားαြα္αα္း αဲေαးαိုα္αြα့္ ႏွα့္ αα္ေαာα္ေαြးα်α္αံαိုα္αြα့္α်ား α‘ျαားαိုα္းαα္းαားα်ားαα္းαူ ααွိαဲ့αူα်ားျαα
္αါαα္။ αΏαိαိαွ်ေαα္ αိုα္α‘ာαီ α‘ုα္α်ဳα္ေαးαာα ေαြးေαာα္αြဲαွ αα္ αααα ေαြးေαာα္αြဲα‘αိ ေαြးေαာα္αြဲαိုα္αာ αုα္αံုးαုα္αα္း α်ားα‘α αိုαα္α်ာαိုα၏ α‘αα္းαααို ေα့αာေαာ္၊ ႏိုα္αံျαားαားα်ားαα္းαူααုα္αဲ၊ αိုα္းαα္းαားαα္းαူ α‘αြα့္α‘ေαးα်ား ေαးျαα္းαံααα္αို ေαြααွိႏိုα္αါαα္။
ျαα္αာျαα္ αြα္αα္ေαး ααါαီးα‘α်ိα္α‘αြα္း αိုαα္α်ာေαါα္းေαာα္α‘α်ိဳαα αိαိαိုα၏αိုα္αα္αို αါαိα
α₯αα္ႏွα့္ αြဲေαးαα္ αႈα္αွားαႈα်ား α‘αα္းαα္αွိαဲ့ေαာα‘αါ၊ α‘α်ိဳးαားေαါα္းေαာα္ααီး αိုα္α်ဳα္ေα‘ာα္αα္း αိုα္αိုα္α ”ေα‘ာα္αα္း-α‘α္ααီ α
ာα်ဳα္” αα္αွα္ေαးαိုးαα္ αα္αα္αြားေααိုα္၊ αα္းααီးαြα္ αိုαိုαα္α်ာေαါα္းေαာα္ α်ားα‘αါα‘αα္ αါαိα
α₯αα္ α‘α်ိဳးαားေαါα္းေαာα္ αိုαာαα္ α‘ာαီ α်ိႏα·ား ႏွα့္ ေαြααံု၍ αိုαိα
α₯αα္α်ားα‘αြα္ ေျααα္αႈα်ား ααူαဲ့αα့္α‘ျαα္၊ αိုαα္α်ာေαါα္းေαာα္α်ားα‘ား ေαာα္α်α္းααα့္ αα္αံုαီαာαံαိုα αα္ေαာα္ αα္ αိα္α
ာαα
္ေα
ာα္αိုαα္း αူαိုα္αိုα္ ေαးαား၍ αα္αွα္ေαးαိုး ေαးαဲ့ေααα္။
α¦းαα္α¦း၏ αα္းαဲ့ αုα္ေαာ္ေျαာαိုα်α္α်ားαα္ αိုαα္α်ာαိုα၏ ααိုα္းေαာα္αံႏွα့္ α်α္ေαွာα္α‘ေαα‘αားαို αα
္α်ဴαႈျαα္း αု αံαူααα္ျαα
္αΏαီး၊ ျαα္ေαာα္α
ု ျαα္αာႏိုα္αံα‘αြα္းေααူ αူαα
္α¦းα်α္း (αိုα) αူα်ိဳးα
ုαα
္αု၏ αီαို αေαα
ီ αူαα‘αြα့္α‘ေαးႏွα့္ ααိုα္αြα့္α်ားαို ျαα္းαα္αာ ေαာα္αါαα္။
αိုαα‘ျαα္ α
α
္α‘α
ိုးαα‘αီးαီးαိုα၏ ααိုα္ျαα္αα္α‘ေαα αားαွိαα့္ ေαြးαြဲေαααα
ီႏွα့္ α‘α
ြα္းေαာα္ ααုိα္α‘α်ိဳး αား αα
္α်ိဳα၏ αုα္ααံαα္αီး ေျαာαိုαႈα်ားေαΎαာα့္၊ ျαα္αာαိုα္းαα္းαား ျαα္αူ α‘α်ားα‘ျαားα αိုαα္α်ာαိုαα‘ ေαα αိαိαိုαႏိုα္αံαား αုα္ေαααားαု αံααα်ား αွိေααα့္ α‘α်ိα္α‘αါα်ိဳးαြα္ α‘α်ားαΎαα္αိဳျαα္း၊ αံုαΎαα္ αိုးα
ားျαα္း၊ ေαာα္αံα‘ားေαးျαα္း αံေααေαာ α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္၏ ေαါα္းေαာα္αိုα္းαွ α¦းαα္α¦း αဲ့αိုα α‘αα္αα ေαါα္းေαာα္αα
္α¦းα‘ေαျαα့္ αα္းαဲ့αိုα αုα္ေαာ္ေျαာαိုαႈα်ားαα္ αူα်ိဳး၊ αာαာ αြဲျαား αα္αံေαးαို α‘αွိα္၊ α‘αုα္ ျαα့္αားαာ ေαာα္αα့္α‘ျαα္ α‘α်ား၏ αံαααိုαα္း αံုαΎαα္αႈαိုα αိုးျαွα့္αာ ေαာα္ေααါαα္။
α¦းαα္α¦းαွ ေျαာαိုαဲ့αα့္α‘αိုα္း αα္းα‘ာαာαွိα
α₯္α αိုαα္α်ာαိုα၏ αာေααြα္ α်ဴးαြα္αဲ့αα့္ ျαα
္αႈα်ားαွα္ αα္းαို ေα့αာေαာ္…
- ေα်းαြာေαါα္း (αα) αုαို αီးαိႈα ေαာα္းαုα္ျαα္း၊
- αာႏွα့္α်ီ αိုαα္α်ာ α‘α်ိဳးαားα်ားα‘ား αα္ျαα္ျαα္း၊
- α‘α်ိဳးααီးαုα‘ား αααားျαဳα်α့္ျαα္း၊
- αိα္း၊ αα္းα်ီ αိုαα္α်ာαိုα၏ α₯α
α₯ာααα်ားαို αိα္းαိုα္αဲ့ျαα္း …α
αα့္αိုααို ေαြααွိααါαα္။
α‘αα္αါ ျαα
္αႈα်ားαို α¦းαα္α¦း αိုα္αိုα္ αါαα္၍αα္း၊ αα္း၏ αα္ေαာα္ αိုα္ေα‘ာα္αα္ α‘ားျαα့္αα္း၊ αα္ ေα‘ာα္αံ α
α
္αα္αားα်ား α‘ားျαα့္αα္း α်ဴးαြα္αဲ့ျαα္းျαα
္ေαΎαာα္း αα္ျααိုαါαα္။
α¦းαα္α¦းα‘ား α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္၏ ααိုα္ျαα္αα္ α
α္းαံုးေαး ααီးα
α₯္α‘αြα္း αα္းα်ဴးαြα္αဲ့ေαာ ျαα
္αႈα်ားႏွα့္ α
α္α်α₯္း၍ αိုαα္α်ာα‘α်ိဳးαားα်ားα ေαးျαα္αဲ့αာ၊ αα္းα ”αိုα‘α်ိα္αြα္ αα½ြႏ္ုα္α‘ေαျαα့္ α¦းေααα္း αိုα္းαာ αုα္ααα္ ααိုα္αိုα္း αိုα္းαႈ α¦းαα္α¦းαာ ျαα
္αဲ့αါေαΎαာα္း၊ αိုαေαာ္ ααုαူαား αီαိုαေαα
ီαα္ေαာ္αား ျαα
္ေαΎαာα္း” α‘α
αွိαα္α‘αိုα္း ေျααΎαားαဲ့αα္αိုαα္း ေα့αာေαြααွိααါαα္။
αα္αိုααα္αိုေα
αာαူ αိုαα္α်ာαူαုαα္ ေαါα္းေαာα္ααီး ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္၏ α
α
္ေαြ ααီးα
α₯္αြα္ αိα္ααွာ αဲ့αα့္ ”αူα်ိဳးႏွα
္α်ိဳး αα့္αα့္ေα‘ာα္ α်α
္α်α
္αα္αα္၊ α
α္းα
α္းαံုးαံုး ေααΎααα္” αိုαံုးααႈα‘ေαα αေαααိုα္ α‘ားα ေα်αα္α်α္ αွိေααါαα္။ ααα္းα‘ားျαα့္ αααα-αုႏွα
္ ေααα္းα‘ုα္α
ိုးαα့္ αာααွα
၍ αူαားααα္ေαာ၊ αူαူ α်α္း α
ာαာαႈαα္းαဲ့ေαာ ႏွိα္αြα္αႈαα္α်ား α‘αα္α‘ျαα္ α‘αူးα‘αဲ αံေααΎααေαာ αိုαα္α်ာαိုααွာ ေαါα္း ေαာα္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ ႏွα့္ α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္α‘ေαα αα္းαိုααံα
ားေαααႈα်ား αိαံုးα်ဳα္αα္αု ααီးαားαα့္ ေαွ်ာ္αα့္α်α္α်ား αွိေααါαα္။ AFK Jilani (NLD-ေαာα္းေαာ ေαြးေαာα္αြဲ αိုα္α
ားαွα္-αααα) ၏ ”Aung San Suu Kyi, The lady of Destiny” α
ာα‘ုα္αို ေα့αာαါα αိုαα္α်ာαိုα ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ α‘ားαα္αွ် ေαာα္αံαα္αို αံုးαα္ႏိုα္αါαα္။
α
α္αα္αာ α‘ေα
ာαိုα္းα α¦းαα္းα
ိα္ α‘α
ိုးα αါαီαα္α‘αြα္း၊ αိုαα္α်ာαဲααα္αα္၍ αာαα္αဲ့ αိα္αα္ေျααΎαား αႈα်ား αေαွααေႏွာα္းαွာαα္ ααိုα္ ေαြးေαာα္αြဲ α‘ႏိုα္ααါαီ αα
္αုαွ α¦းေαာα္αΏαီး αα္αုα္αြα္ αိုαα္α်ာαα္αα်α္ေαး αႈα္αွားαႈα်ား ျαဳαုα္αာααဲ့αိုα၊ ျαα္αေαာα္ α‘α
ြα္းေαာα္ ααိုα္α‘α်ိဳးαား α‘α်ိဳαααα္း α‘α်ိဳးαိ်ဳး၊ αα္းေαါα္း α
ံုαံုး αိုα္αိုα္α်α္αွိေααါαα္။ α€αဲ့αိုααာαα်ိဳးαြα္ NLD αု-α₯αၠα ျαα
္αူαွ ααုαဲ့αိုα αုα္ေαာ္ေျαာαိုျαα္း αα္ αိုαα္α်ာαူα်ိဳးα
ုα‘ား α
ိα္α‘ားαα္ေα
ျαα္း၊ αα္းαဲေα
ျαα္း α
αα့္ αααါαα့္ αံα
ားαႈေαααာα်ား α်ားα
ြာαြား ေαးα်α္αွိေααါαα္။
ααိုα္ααα္ α
α
္α‘α
ိုးα၏ αေαα ိαα္ေαာ αူα်ိဳးαိα္αုα₯္းေαးαα္ေαΎαာα့္ α‘ိုးα‘ိα္းα
ြα္ααာ ααα»ာ့α‘ႏွံα αိααြဲ၊ αααြဲ αွα့္αα္ေαααα့္ αိုαα္α်ာαုိα၏ αူαားαα
္αိုα္းααα‘ေαα αααူαီးαါးαံα
ားαဲ့ααူ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္း α
ုαΎαα္ααႊဲ၍ αα္αူαွ် α‘ေαာα္းαံုး αားαα္ေαးႏိုα္αα္ααုα္αု αိုαα္α်ာα်ား αံုαΎαα္αါαα္။ αိုαα‘αြα္ ေαΎαာα္း ααၤαားေα့αွ္ေαာα္ αိုαα္α်ာ αုαα‘αα္α်ားα αα္းαိုαα‘ေαျαα့္ ေαါα္းေαာα္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္ αာေαာα္ေαααူαွ ေααα္αိုα ျαα္αါ့αα္αု ေျαာαိုαဲ့ျαα္းျαα
္ႏိုα္ေαΎαာα္း αα္ααွα္းαိαါαα္။
αိုααာαြα္ αု-α₯αၠα α¦းαα္α¦းαွ ααုαဲ့αိုα αီαိုαေαα
ီႏွα့္ α
ံႏွႈα္းႏွα့္ αα္αα်α္αα့္ αုα္ေαာ္ေျαာαိုαႈေαΎαာα့္ αိုαဲ့ αိုα α‘ေαΎαာα္းα‘αာαα္ NLD ၏ α‘αြα္းေαααα
ီαူ၍ αူααႈα်ားαွိေααါαα္။
αိုαျαα
္αါ၍ α¦းαα္α¦း၏ αာαα္αႈေျαာαိုαႈα်ားα‘ေαα α‘α်ိဳးαား αီαိုαေαα
ီ α‘αြဲαα်ဳα္၊ α‘ေαြေαြ α‘αြα္းေαးαွဴး၊ ျαα္αူαα‘α်α
္ေαာ္ ေααေα‘ာα္αα္းα
ုαΎαα္αွ αိုα‘α္αα့္α‘αိုα္းα‘αာျαα့္ αိုαα္α်ာαုိαα‘ား ေα်αα္ေα
αိα့္αα္ αု αα½ြα္ေαာ္α်ား αံုးαα₯ႆံု αံုαΎαα္αါေαΎαာα္း αα္ျααိုα္αါαα္။
α‘αႈေαာα္α‘αြဲααိုα္α
ား-
(αိုαိုαα္း)
αြဲαα္ αα္ေαာα္αူ
αြα္αα္ေαာ αိုαα္α်ာ αႈα္αွားαႈα‘αြဲα
ႏိုα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαား α‘α်ဳိα αြα္αာαာαို ααိဳαိုေααα့္ ျαα္αာα‘α
ိုးα α‘ေααဲα ႏိုα္αံααာα ေαာα္းαိုαားαဲ့ α‘αိုα္း ႏိုα္αံေαး α‘α်α₯္းαား α‘ားαံုးαို αြ်α္းα်α္ααွိ αႊα္ေαးαိုα αိုαα္αိုα α‘ေααိαα္ ႏိုα္αံျαားေαးαα္ααီး αာαေျαာαြα့္α α‘α်ဳိးααီး Victoria Nuland α ααα္းေαာα္ေαြαို ေျαာαါαα္။
US Department of State
α‘ေααိαα္ ႏိုα္αံျαားေαးαα္ααီး αာα αုံαွα္ ααα္းα ာαွα္းαα္းαြဲαြα္ ေျαာαြα့္α α‘α်ဳိးααီး Victoria Nuland α ααα္းေαာα္α်ားαုိ αွα္းαα္းαα္ျαေαα α₯္။ ျαα္αာႏိုα္αံα αြα္αာαဲ့ ႏိုα္αံေαး α‘α်α₯္းαား α ာαα္းα‘ျαα့္α‘α ံုαို α်ααိုα αေαြααေαးαါαူး။ αါေααα့္ ႏိုα္αံေαး α‘α်α₯္းαား α‘α်ားα‘ျαား ေαာα္ေαြαဲαွာ α်α္ေαေαးαα္ αိုαာ α်ααိုα αံုαΎαα္αါαα္။
αူαိုαα‘ားαံုးαုိ αြ်α္းα်α္ααွိ αႊα္ေαးαိုα α‘ေααိαα္ ျαα္ေαာα္α
ုα ေαာα္းαို αါαα္αိုα Victoria Nuland α ေျαာαြားαါαα္။ ႏိုα္αံေαး α‘α်α₯္းαားေαြ αႊα္ေαးေαး αိα
α₯αာ ျαα္αာျαα္αူေαြ αိုαားα်α္αို αုαα္ျαα္αဲ့ α‘ေααဲα α‘α
ိုးααα္α ေαာα္αြα္ေαးααα့္ α‘ေαးααီးαဲ့ α‘αα့္ααု ျαα
္αα္αိုα α‘ေααိαα္ α‘α
ိုးαα‘ေααဲα ျαα္αဲ့α‘ေαΎαာα္း αူα ေျαာαါαα္။ αα္αα္αΏαီးေαာ့ααး္ α‘ေααိαα္ α‘α
ိုးα α‘ေααဲα ျαα္αာ α‘α
ိုးααဲα ေαြးေႏြး ေျαာαိုαြားαွာ ျαα
္αα္αိုα ႏိုα္αံျαားေαး αα္ααီးαာα ေျαာαြα့္α α‘α်ဴိးααီး Victoria Nuland α ေျαာαိုαဲ့αါαα္။
Credit : RFA Burmese
MS. NULAND: I think you know where we are with Bangladesh, that the Bangladesh Government, as you have yourself said, is looking to pursue these issues in the courts, and we have been supportive of that initiative.
QUESTION: And finally if I may, quick on Burma. Burma’s government now, they have taken some steps to release some journalists and also some prisoners. But what the Burmese Government – I mean, the opposition leaders are asking: There are thousands of prisoners of war or prisoners – political prisoners in Burma, and they should be released without any conditions, especially those Buddhist monks.
MS. NULAND: Well, first let me just say, because I think we haven’t spoken about it in a couple of days, that we do welcome the recent release of some political prisoners in Burma. We see it as an important step that responds to the aspirations of the Burmese people. We have not yet seen a complete list. We do believe that there are still a large number of political prisoners in prison, and we call for all of them to be released. But this is an important step, and we are continuing to talk to the Burmese Government and others about these issues.
Credit : RFA Burmese
MS. NULAND: I think you know where we are with Bangladesh, that the Bangladesh Government, as you have yourself said, is looking to pursue these issues in the courts, and we have been supportive of that initiative.
QUESTION: And finally if I may, quick on Burma. Burma’s government now, they have taken some steps to release some journalists and also some prisoners. But what the Burmese Government – I mean, the opposition leaders are asking: There are thousands of prisoners of war or prisoners – political prisoners in Burma, and they should be released without any conditions, especially those Buddhist monks.
MS. NULAND: Well, first let me just say, because I think we haven’t spoken about it in a couple of days, that we do welcome the recent release of some political prisoners in Burma. We see it as an important step that responds to the aspirations of the Burmese people. We have not yet seen a complete list. We do believe that there are still a large number of political prisoners in prison, and we call for all of them to be released. But this is an important step, and we are continuing to talk to the Burmese Government and others about these issues.
ျαα္αာα‘α
ိုးα ααΎαာαα္αေαးαဲ့ေαာ αြα္αΏαိα္းα်α္းαာαြα့္αα္ α‘αα္αα‘αα္ႏွα့္αာ ျαα
္αΏαီး ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαား α‘α်ားα‘ျαား α‘α်α₯္းေαာα္α်ားαဲαြα္ α်α္αွိေααဲ ျαα
္αα္။
α‘α်ားα ေαွ်ာ္αα့္αဲ့ေαာ αα α်ိဳးαα္ေα်ာα္းαား ေαါα္းေαာα္α်ားျαα
္αα့္ αိုαα္းαိုႏုိα္၊ αိုαိုααီး၊ αိုေαးႂαြα္၊ αိုαα္းေαα်ာαိုα αြα္ေျαာα္αာαြα္ ααါαα္ေα။ α‘αားαူ αိုေαာ္αα္ေαြး၊ ေααုα္းαα္ႏွα့္ α‘αွα္ααα»ီααိုα αဲ့αိုαေαာ αα္αα္α
ံုαွ ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαားα်ား ααြα္ေျαာα္ေαးαα္ αိုαα္း α
ိα္α်α္αြα္αာ ေαြααေααα္။
ααုαဲ့αိုα α‘α်α₯္းαားαႊα္ေαးαα့္ α‘α
ိုးα၏ αုα္ေαာα္α်α္ႏွα့္ αα္αα္၍ α‘α်α္ႏွα
္α်α္ ေαြαααα္။
ααα αα်α္αွာ αα္αွိ α¦းαိα္းα
ိα္ α‘α
ိုးαα‘ေαျαα့္ ျαဳျαα္ေျαာα္းαဲαႈα်ား ျαဳαုα္ေααΏαီ၊ αီαိုαေαα
ီ ေျααွα္း α
αα္ေααΏαီαု ေျαာαိုαဲ့ေαာ္αα္း ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαားα်ား αႊα္ေαးေαးαြα္ ေႏွာα့္ေႏွးေααဲ့αα္αို ေαြαααα္။
αိုαိုα ေႏွာα့္ေႏွးေαျαα္းαွာ α‘αα္ေαΎαာα့္αα္း။
ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαားα်ား α‘ေαးαို ျαα
္αံုαα္ α
ီαံαိα္းαဲ့αိုα αဲαဲαံ့αံ့ ααံုးျαα္αဲ αြα္ααုα္ေαျαα္းα α‘α
ိုးαα‘ေαျαα့္ ၎၏ α‘ေαα‘αားαို α
ိα္αα်ေαးေαΎαာα္း αα္αွားေααα္။
αိုαα‘ျαα္ α‘α
ိုးααိα္αိုα္း αုαၢိဳα္α်ားα ႏိုα္αံααာαီαီαာα်ားႏွα့္ ႏုိα္αံျαား α‘α
ိုးαα်ားαို ေျαာαာαြα္ ႏုိα္αံေαး α‘α်α₯္းαား α¦းေα αေαာα္ေα‘ာα္αာ αွိαα္αု αိုαα္။
αိုαေαာ္ αααα αုႏွα
္ ေαာα္αိုα္းαွ α
αα္၍ ျαα္αာျαα္αြα္ ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαား α¦းေα αααα αα္α αွိαα္αု ျαα္αြα္း ျαα္αα αံုαΎαα္αားαဲ့αα္။
ႏိုα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαားα¦းေα α‘α
α
္α‘αွα္αို ျαα္αဲေαးαα္ααီး αာαႏွα့္ ေαာα္αွα္းေαးα α‘αိαံုး ျαα
္ေααိα့္αα္။
αα်ိဳαေαာ ႏုိα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαား α်ားαွာ ႏုိα္αံေαးαႈႏွα့္ ααုα္αဲ α‘αႈαα္αံααΏαီး αာαα္ျαα
္αႈ α်ဴးαြα္αူα်ား α‘ေαျαα့္ α‘α
α
္ေαးαံαΎαααα္။ αုိαα‘ျαα္ α‘α်α₯္းေαာα္ α်ားαဲαြα္ αုိα္းαα္းαား ႏိုα္αံေαးα‘α်α₯္းαားα်ားαα္း α‘α်ားα‘ျαား αွိႏုိα္αါေαးαα္။
αုαိαα‘α်α္αွာ ααုαြα္ေျαာα္αα့္ α‘αဲαြα္ αα α်ိဳးαα္ ေα်ာα္းαားေαါα္းေαာα္α်ားαို α်α္αားαဲ့ျαα္းျαα
္αα္။ αုိαူα်ားα‘ား ααα္α်α္αားျαα္းα αααΌαα¦းαိα္းα
ိα္၏ αံုးျαα္α်α္αား၊ αိုαααုα္ αူαα‘α
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By Waihnin Pwint Thon>>
The dictatorship is seeking legitimacy through token gestures – my father is among thousands of political prisoners still in jail
Former inmates leave Insein Prison in Yangon, Burma, after the president, Thein Sein, issued a prisoner amnesty. Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP
When rumours first emerged that the Burmese government was planning to release some political prisoners, I told myself not to get my hopes up. Since 2008, when my father was sentenced to 65 years in jail for his political activities, I have been trying to come to terms with the fact that I may never see him again. His health is not good, but the government won't let him get proper medical treatment.
But as the rumours persisted, and diplomats talked up the prospect of a large number of political prisoners being released, I could not help but start to hope. The UN has raised the case of my father with the government, and one UN body has ruled his detention is illegal. Dictatorships in Burma do regular prisoner amnesties, usually including some political prisoners. Perhaps this time he would be freed.
Since becoming president earlier this year, Thein Sein has played a clever political game. He has made promises of reform, and allowed slightly more political debate, and a slight relaxation of censorship. A steady drip, drip of small but seemingly positive steps has created an impression of change happening.
It would be a mistake, though, to think that Thein Sein is a moderate, as we understand the word. This is a man who was named by the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma in 1998 for ordering soldiers under his command to commit human rights abuses. In recent months he has sent his soldiers to the ethnic Shan and Kachin states, where they are gang-raping women and even children. Some are so brutally raped they die afterwards.
Thein Sein is not, as some claim, fighting a battle against hardliners, trying to bring democracy and human rights to Burma. His goal is continued dictatorship, but he appears more willing to make some compromises to get sanctions lifted, and to gain international legitimacy. I hoped that this would mean many political prisoners would be released.
This is a key practical benchmark for judging change. The US and EU have said that prisoners must be released before sanctions are lifted. Despite knowing Thein Sein isn't a genuine reformer, part of me still hoped that he would turn words into action and release most political prisoners, even if his motivations are not what he wants the world to believe. But he didn't.
It now appears that the number of political prisoners released will be in the low hundreds, leaving more than a thousand still in squalid jails, including my father. I am extremely disappointed, not just for myself, but for what this signifies for the prospects of change in my country.
Thein Sein appears to be trying to make the minimum amount of concessions to get the maximum in return. These releases will probably be enough to persuade the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to allow Burma to take its turn as chair of the organisation in 2014. I hope that the British government, the EU and US will not be fooled by this token release, and start to relax sanctions. If they do relax sanctions, the pressure for further releases, and genuine reform will lessen.
Those freed from prison are not truly free. They live in a country that is still a dictatorship, even if it now has a civilian face. The repressive laws under which they were arrested remain in place. I still cannot safely return to my homeland. We will know change is coming when all political prisoners are released, when there is a nationwide ceasefire, not increased conflict and human rights abuses, and when there is a genuine dialogue process, which includes genuine ethnic representatives.
It is wonderful to see the prisoners who have been released, and for their families, but there are still so many families yet to be reunited. Like me, my mother had hoped against hope that my father would be released. She told herself not to get her hopes up, she has been disappointed too many times before. Yet she tidied the house just in case, and cooked a special meal, my father's favourite. In the end, my mother and sister had to eat the meal alone. More than a thousand other families had to do the same.
Some governments and observers have got carried away recently talking up prospects of change in Burma. I hope this will be a reality check for them. Burma's rulers have been lying to the international community for decades, always promising change is just round the corner. Some have fallen for the lies yet again. Until all prisoners are released and there is a nationwide ceasefire, don't believe the hype.
Credit :Waihnin Pwint Thon · 13/10/2011 · guardian.co.uk
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Since Thein Sein took office as Burma’s President on 30 March, the regime has continued to perpetrate crimes against humanity and war crimes with total impunity. Reports of serious international crimes have increased significantly in line with the escalation of the ongoing Tatmadaw offensives in Kachin, Shan, and Karen States.
Women and children have been particularly vulnerable. Tatmadaw soldiers raped and killed women during their offensive in Kachin and Shan States. The regime also continued to recruit children into the military in order to offset the steady increase in desertions.
In the past six months, the following crimes against humanity and war crimes have been documented:
• At least 30 cases of rape and sexual violence perpetrated by military personnel.
• Over 400 complaints of children recruited as child soldiers.
• At least 35 civilians killed.
• Systematic use of forced labor in ethnic areas.
• Forced displacement during military attacks that targeted civilians.
• At least 11 activists and media persons arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.
• Over 100 villagers arbitrarily detained in Kachin and Shan State during “counter-insurgency” operations.
• Continued use of torture.
• Systematic persecution of Muslim Rohingya in Northern Arakan State.
In the past six months, the following crimes against humanity and war crimes have been documented:
• At least 30 cases of rape and sexual violence perpetrated by military personnel.
• Over 400 complaints of children recruited as child soldiers.
• At least 35 civilians killed.
• Systematic use of forced labor in ethnic areas.
• Forced displacement during military attacks that targeted civilians.
• At least 11 activists and media persons arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.
• Over 100 villagers arbitrarily detained in Kachin and Shan State during “counter-insurgency” operations.
• Continued use of torture.
• Systematic persecution of Muslim Rohingya in Northern Arakan State.
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