The World Has Failed Burma - Part Four

Of all political crimes, the infamous Depayin Massacre was the most shocking event in which the motorcade of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, including other senior party leaders, members and supporters were brutally attacked by the unknown military-backed thugs systematically.

More than a hundred of NLD (National League for Democracy) were killed or injured during this tragic event. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was also injured by the attack from the thugs, but she narrowly escaped from the killing field.

But justice for this crime has yet been sought in the country where there has been no rule of the law. Since then, the military generals have not taken any action against Depayin criminals instead they put Daw Aung San Suu Kyi into house arrest under the State Security Act section 10/B.

Although a person can be detained up to the maximum of five years under this law, but the military generals clearly violated the law by extending her detention period into the sixth year.

May 30 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the bloody Depayin crackdown, a massacre similar to many others committed by the military dictatorship in the past.

The 1998 democracy revolution.
The 2007 Saffron Revolution
The Nargis – was a massacre of neglect, because so many people died as a result of the government’s refusal to allow international aid and relief.

In the 6th.Anniversary of the Depayin Massacre and the extended detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) in Malaysia strongly demanded the Burmese military generals to release her unconditionally and immediately.

Millions of refugees are all over the world and in Malaysia alone, there are more than 500,000 who need our help. They want to go home and that is all they want. Owing to the atrocities by the Junta, everyone fears for their own life and for their families.

If you live in Myanmar today, there is a huge gap between your rights and daily reality.

Forced Into Unpaid Labour

Many people are forced into unpaid labour by the army to build roads, military camps and other infra-structural projects.

Forced To Leave Home

Hundreds of thousands of civilians from ethnic minority communities have been forced to leave their villages, as part of the strategy to cut off support to armed opposition groups.

Whole villages have been razed, obliterating people’s homes and possessions. Thousands fled to other countries to escape from forced relocation and other abuses.

Many have been victims of other human rights violations by the government including extra-judicial executions and the confiscation of their land.

Denied Citizenship

Many Rohingya are not recognised as citizens by the government. A Bengali-speaking Muslim ethnic minority group living in western Myanmar for centuries, yet cannot marry or travel without getting official permission and not allowed to own property.

Locked Up For Years

Thousands of government critics have been imprisoned for peaceful activities like writing histories or poems, or defending human rights. (Writer’s note: If I post what I have being writing in Myanmar now, I am sure I will be in the hard labour camp at no time until the day I see my Creator).

Prisoners of conscience are serving prison sentences up to 106 years solely for peacefully exercising their basic rights.

Tortured To Death By The Police Or Military

Torture and ill-treatment are common. Criminal suspects, political prisoners, ethnic minority farmers and former members of the government have been subjugated to brutal treatment by both the police and military to extract information or to punish them.

You Cannot Complain

Scores of people have been imprisoned for speaking out about practices like forced labour, torture, heinous prison conditions, arbitrary imprisonment and restriction on political members. Justice Is Denied!

(Facts from Amnesty International Malaysia)

To be continued ...