Monday 8 October 2007

Burmese junta (or) shameless liars

(from channelnewsasia)
YANGON: Myanmar's military government has donated thousands of dollars as well as food and medicines to monasteries in Yangon, state media reported Monday, in an apparent gesture of reconciliation.

Buddhist monks had last month declared a boycott on donations from soldiers and their families as they spearheaded mass protests which brought as many as 100,000 people onto the streets of the nation's main city.

The monks were beaten and arrested when the ruling generals reacted to the biggest threat to their rule in 20 years with a bloody crackdown that left at least 13 people dead and more than 2,100 locked up.

The official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said Lieutenant General Myint Swe of the defence ministry Sunday distributed about 8,000 US dollars in cash and huge amounts of rice, cooking oil, toothpaste and medicine to 50 monasteries and a nunnery in northern Yangon.

The paper, a government mouthpiece, said the donations were made on behalf of military members and their families, and were accepted by the monks.

In Buddhism, refusing to take alms is regarded as a snub akin to effective excommunication, and acceptance of the gifts would indicate the soldiers have been brought back into the faith.

During the weekend the military trumpeted its release of more than half of 2,171 people arrested in the crackdown and noted that nearly 400 of 533 monks detained had been "sent back to their respective monasteries."

State media reported that pornography and weapons, including one pistol and 13 slingshots, had been confiscated during raids on the monasteries.

The donations were latest in a series of gestures by the military aimed at easing domestic and international pressure on the regime.

Myanmar's media last week announced that military government chief Senior General Than Shwe was willing to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but the offer came with heavy conditions, including that she ends her support for international sanctions.

When UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari visited Myanmar last week to express global outrage at the military government's actions, he was allowed to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the last 18 years under house arrest.

The United States has led calls for her release, and warned Friday that it could push for UN sanctions, including an arms embargo, if the ruling generals pursue the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

The protests in Myanmar began in mid-August after a huge overnight hike in fuel prices left many people in the impoverished nation unable even to afford their bus fare to work.

But it was only when the monks, who are revered in Myanmar, took the lead that the rallies escalated into a genuine threat to more than four decades of military rule here.

After Gambari briefed the UN Security Council on Friday, the United States, Britain and France circulated the draft of a non-binding statement condemning Myanmar's government.

That statement is due to be debated Monday. - AFP/ac

5 comments:

klapperX said...

Yeah, there is a saying in Burmese that 'Knocking on the Monk's head and later apologize'.

Why money, rice, toothpaste and medicine? How about some apologies on National TV, how about bringing down the gas prices, how about some truth about how many were killed, detained, tortured, missing and treated like some animals.

Oh Yeah, how about some democracy too. Those ignorant bunch of .. ( I can not even find the word in the dictionary of any language to call them)

Anonymous said...

LOL Klapperx, you took the words out of my mouth... the word is DESGRACIADOS... and you are right, it cannot be found in the dic...

If the new light of myanmar would allow us to send comments that, would be a TRUE approach to the talks... unfortunately we are blocked to view as well... well I am...

Unknown said...

i hope the Burmese people will not believe a word of what they are saying. they will say and do anything to stay in power. the US and the UN should definitely impose arms embargo on the junta period. china and the rest of the surrounding nations should do the same. isn't it obvious the Burmese people are being outgun by the junta?

Anonymous said...

THEY ARE BEING EXPOSED ALL OVER THE WORLD! THIS WON'T LAST LONG! IT CAN'T LAST LONG!!


Protestors march for Burmese monks along Mill
by Kendall Wright
published on Monday, October 8, 2007



Andrea Bloom
MONK MARCH: Burmese refugee Myintm San rallies during a march led by a group of monks along University Drive Saturday.

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About 100 Valley residents marched against a government that is halfway across the world Saturday.

Buddhist monks representing the U.S. Campaign for Burma led supporters dressed in red — the symbol of bravery for the monks — as they marched down the length of Mill Avenue in protest. The march, put on by The Burmese Activists of Arizona, began at the Memorial Union, where a memorial for the people of Burma was held.

Since mid-August, pro-democracy movements have been led by monks and civilians of Burma against their government. Although the protests have been peaceful, the current government, the junta, has attempted to silence the people with extreme acts of violence.

"The current situation in Burma has only gotten worse," said Pyi Kyaw, a Chandler resident and recent ASU graduate at the march. "Burma has been suffering like this for 45 years under the military dictatorship. People have the right to freedom. It is important that we as human beings need to support these movements for those human rights reasons."

Saturday was designated a Global Day of Action for Burma by the Burma Campaign U.K. as a result of worldwide outrage of the Burmese government's concentrated effort to squelch the country's peaceful pro-democracy protesters. Protestors in more than 100 cities worldwide also held marches Saturday.

Protests for democracy began Aug. 15 when the junta doubled gas prices in the country. The move became the last straw for civilians living in one of the poorest countries in the world.

This is the second time that the Burmese people have risen against their country.
In 1988, peaceful protests for an elected civilian government led by students turned into a bloody massacre.

More than 5,000 people were killed at the hands of the junta and about 1,500 political prisoners are believed to still be imprisoned under harsh conditions.

Recent demonstrations for democracy continue to be led by thousands of Burmese monks despite shootings, beatings, killings and arrests by the junta.

Currently, there has been a reported ten people dead, as well as more than one thousand arrests and rising.

"The monks and students have definitely been treated unfairly," said Chandler resident Myo Thane. "That is why this march is important — to support the human rights and freedom that activists all over are protesting for the Burmese people."

The march presented a good opportunity to raise awareness and also to encourage governments worldwide that the current democracy movement needs as much support as it can get, he said.

Burmese–born Dr. Aung Khin of Anaheim, Calif., was among the group of supporters. He has been active in the fight for democracy and the improvement of the country since he escaped with his five children 31 years ago.

"The junta are treating the people like animals," Khin said, "They are a sub-human species because they act with no heart and no brain. They are selfish barbarians reigning terror inside Burma."

The march is among many movements that will bring international attention to the state of Burma that will hopefully send a message to the United Nations, Khin said. The civilians of the world are not fooled by the junta's actions, he said, and neither should the U.N.

"This dictatorship knows how to manipulate people, including the United Nations," Khin said. "They know how to manipulate people, but they don't have any idea how to improve the poverty of the country."

Reach the reporter at: kendall.wright@asu.edu.


SOURCE:http://www.statepress.com/issues/2007/10/08/news/702136

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