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Junta’s elections on 7 November 2010 is to justify five decades of military rule
18 Oct 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for the international community not to recognize junta’s planned 2010 election and its results.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD), victor of 1990 election, decided unanimously to boycott the junta’s planned sham 2010 election due to its unfair electoral laws. Without the participation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, without the participation of National League for Democracy (NLD), and without the participation of 1990 election winning parties, junta’s planned election in 2010 is clearly not creditable.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to raise some points considering current situation of Burma. The very military regime who is ruling Burma today held the election in 1990 pledging that they will transfer the power to the election wining party. The junta’s Law No.14/89, "Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law," states clearly in Chapter 3 Section 3 that the "Hluttaw (Assembly) shall be formed with the Hluttaw representatives who have been elected.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi once said that: “The results of these elections will remain valid until such time as the Members of Parliament elected in 1990 by the people have had a chance to get together and decide what the next step is going to be. The world has to make certain that the outcome of these elections is honoured”.
The junta’s planned 2010 election is only a charade designed to legitimise the military dictatorship within Burma. The International Community should be aware of the hopelessly irreconcilable contents of the constitution that was adopted in 2008. The referendum was ushered into existence under questionable conditions including extortion and rigged ballots. Implementing these fundamental demands requested by legitimate leaders of Burma is a MUST before playing into the junta’s illegal 2010 election. Giving the military junta 25% of the parliamentary seats and unbridled authoritarian control are truly not the will of the Burmese people. There is no room for genuine democratic change in Burma due to junta’s planned 2010 election so that all the justice loving countries should avoid any action glorifying it.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to call for the international community to take (3) practical steps in order to bring about genuine democratic change in Burma, i.e.
1. International community must declare that it won’t recognise junta’s planned 2010 election and its results.
2. International community must call for implementation of 1990 election results and actually supporting the democratic groups attempting to implement these results.
3. International community must declare that it is ready to endorse Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led people’s leaders as the legitimate government of Burma if should the one be formed.
For more information please contact
Ko Myo Thein [United Kingdom]
Phone: 00-44-78 7788 2386
U Khin Maung Win [United States]
Phone: 001-941-961-2622
Daw Khin Aye Aye Mar [United States]
Phone: 001 509 586 8309
U Tint Swe Thiha [United States]
Phone: 001-509-582-3261, 001-509-591-8459
http://www.bdcburma.org/NewsDetails.asp?id=724
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for the international community not to recognize junta’s planned 2010 election and its results.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD), victor of 1990 election, decided unanimously to boycott the junta’s planned sham 2010 election due to its unfair electoral laws. Without the participation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, without the participation of National League for Democracy (NLD), and without the participation of 1990 election winning parties, junta’s planned election in 2010 is clearly not creditable.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to raise some points considering current situation of Burma. The very military regime who is ruling Burma today held the election in 1990 pledging that they will transfer the power to the election wining party. The junta’s Law No.14/89, "Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law," states clearly in Chapter 3 Section 3 that the "Hluttaw (Assembly) shall be formed with the Hluttaw representatives who have been elected.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi once said that: “The results of these elections will remain valid until such time as the Members of Parliament elected in 1990 by the people have had a chance to get together and decide what the next step is going to be. The world has to make certain that the outcome of these elections is honoured”.
The junta’s planned 2010 election is only a charade designed to legitimise the military dictatorship within Burma. The International Community should be aware of the hopelessly irreconcilable contents of the constitution that was adopted in 2008. The referendum was ushered into existence under questionable conditions including extortion and rigged ballots. Implementing these fundamental demands requested by legitimate leaders of Burma is a MUST before playing into the junta’s illegal 2010 election. Giving the military junta 25% of the parliamentary seats and unbridled authoritarian control are truly not the will of the Burmese people. There is no room for genuine democratic change in Burma due to junta’s planned 2010 election so that all the justice loving countries should avoid any action glorifying it.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to call for the international community to take (3) practical steps in order to bring about genuine democratic change in Burma, i.e.
1. International community must declare that it won’t recognise junta’s planned 2010 election and its results.
2. International community must call for implementation of 1990 election results and actually supporting the democratic groups attempting to implement these results.
3. International community must declare that it is ready to endorse Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led people’s leaders as the legitimate government of Burma if should the one be formed.
For more information please contact
Ko Myo Thein [United Kingdom]
Phone: 00-44-78 7788 2386
U Khin Maung Win [United States]
Phone: 001-941-961-2622
Daw Khin Aye Aye Mar [United States]
Phone: 001 509 586 8309
U Tint Swe Thiha [United States]
Phone: 001-509-582-3261, 001-509-591-8459
http://www.bdcburma.org/NewsDetails.asp?id=724
Friday, 15 October 2010
ေ၀ဖန္သူ တပ္သားကို တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက အေသပစ္သတ္ျပီး ကုိယ္၀န္ျဖင့္ က်န္ခဲ့သူ ဇနီးကို တပ္ရင္းမွ ႏွင္ထုတ္
ရခိုင္ျပည္နယ္ ပု႑ားကၽြန္းျမိဳ႕ အေျခစုိက္ ခမရ ၅၅၀ တပ္ရင္းမွ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးသည္ သူ႕အား ေ၀ဖန္သူ တပ္သား တစ္ဦးကို ေသနတ္ျဖင့္ အေသပစ္သတ္ျပီး ေနာက္တန္းတြင္ ကိုယ္၀န္ျဖင့္ က်န္ေနခဲ့သူ ဇနီးကိုလည္း တပ္ရင္းမွ ႏွင္ထုတ္လိုက္ေၾကာင္း သတင္း ရရွိသည္။
အဆိုပါ ျဖစ္စဥ္ႏွင့္ ပတ္သက္ျပီး ပစ္သတ္ခံရသူ တပ္သား၏ ေဆြမ်ိဳး တစ္ဦးက ယခုကဲ့သို႕ ေျပာသည္။
“ ျဖစ္တာက ပု႑ားကၽြန္း အေျခစုိက္ ခမရ ၅၅၀ တပ္ရင္းက တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ဒုဗိုလ္မွဴးၾကီး ေအးႏိုင္နဲ႕ တပ္စု တစ္စု အိႏၵိယ နယ္စပ္ ေရွတန္းကို ၾသဂတ္စ္လ အတြင္းက သြားေရာက္တဲ့ အခါ ျဖစ္ပြားခ့ဲတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အဲသလို ေရွ႕တန္းကို သြားတဲ့ အခါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက ေက်းရြာသားေတြကို အထမ္းသမား ေပၚတာ ဆြဲသလို တခ်ိဳ႕ေက်းရြာေတြက သမီးပ်ိဳေတြဟာ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးကို ပ်ိဳေတာ္ ဆက္ခဲ့ရတယ္လို႕ သိရပါတယ္။ အဲသလို လုပ္တဲ့ အေပၚ တပ္သား ဦးေရႊသိန္းက တပ္ရင္းမွဴးကို ေ၀ဖန္တဲ့ အတြက္ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက မေက်နပ္တာေၾကာင့္ သူနဲ႕ အတူ ရွိေနတဲ့ တပ္သား ၁၀ ဦးကို မေသမခ်င္း ရုိက္သတ္ခိုင္းခဲ့တယ္။ တပ္သားေတြ ရိုက္သတ္တဲ့ အတြက္ ေသလု ေမ်ာပါး ျဖစ္ေနတဲ့ အခါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက သူ႕ကို ေသနတ္နဲ႕ အေသပစ္ သတ္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။”
ဦးေရႊသိန္းကို သတ္ျပီးေနာက္ အေလာင္းကို ေဖ်ာက္ဖ်က္ပစ္ကာ ဦးေရႊသိန္းမွာ လက္နက္ျဖင့္ ထြက္ေျပးသြားေၾကာင္း အထက္သို႕ အစီရင္ခံထားသည္ဟု သိရသည္။ ၎ျပင္ ဦးေရႊသိန္းအား သတ္ရာတြင္ ပါ၀င္ခဲ့သူ ရဲေဘာ္ ၁၀ ဦးကိုလည္း အဆိုပါ သတင္း လံုး၀ မေပါက္ၾကားရန္ တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ေအးႏိုင္က သစၥာရည္ တိုက္ထားသည္ဟု သူက ေျပာသည္။
“ အဲသလို သတ္ပစ္ခဲ့တာကို မေက်နပ္တဲ့ စစ္သားေတြက သူတို႕ရဲ႕ ဇနီးမယားေတြကို ေျပာရာကေန ဒီသတင္း ထြက္လာတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အခုက ဒီသတင္းက တအားကို ပ်ံ႕ေနပါျပီ။ လူတိုင္းလိုလို သိေနၾကေတာ့ စိတ္မေကာင္း ျဖစ္ေနၾကပါတယ္” ဟု သူက ဆက္ေျပာသည္။
ဦးေရႊသိန္းမွာ ပု႑ားကၽြန္းျမိဳ႕နယ္ ယိုးတရုတ္ ေက်းရြာ ဇာတိ ျဖစ္ျပီး သူ႕တြင္ ၂ ႏွစ္အရြယ္ သမီး တစ္ဦးႏွင့္ ဇနီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္း က်န္ရစ္ခဲ့ျပီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္္းမွာလည္း ကိုယ္၀န္ လြယ္ထားရသည္ဟု သိရသည္။
မ်ားမၾကာမွီက အဆိုပါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ဦးေဆာင္သည့္ တပ္စု ပု႑ားကၽြန္း တပ္ရင္းသို႕ ျပန္ေရာက္လာျပီးေနာက္ တပ္ရင္းတြင္ က်န္ေနခဲ့သူ ဦးေရႊသိန္း၏ ဇနီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္းကို စခန္းမွ ႏွင္ထုတ္လိုက္သည္ဟု သူက ဆက္ေျပာသည္။
“ ႏွင္ေယာကၤ်ားက ေသနတ္ယူျပီး ထြက္ေျပးသြားတဲ့ အတြက္ ႏွင္ကိုလည္း စခန္းထဲမွာ မထား ႏိုင္ေတာ့ဘူး ဆိုျပီး ႏွင္ထုတ္လိုက္ပါတယ္။ အခု မေဌးေဌး၀င္းက ယိုးတရုတ္ ေက်းရြာကို ျပန္ေရာက္ရွိေနပါတယ္။”
ဦးေရႊသိန္း သတ္ျဖတ္ခံရေသာ သတင္းမွာ ယိုးတရုတ္၊ ပု႑ားကၽြန္းႏွင့္ အဆုိပါ ေဒသအတြင္း ပ်ံ႕ႏွံ႕ေနျပီး ဦးေရႊသိန္း၏ ေဆြမ်ိဳးမ်ားကလည္း အဆိုပါ ျဖစ္ရပ္ကို တတ္သိ နားလည္သူမ်ားႏွင့္ တိုင္ပင္ျပီး ေနျပည္ေတာ္အထိ တိုင္းတန္းရန္ စီစဥ္ေနေၾကာင္း စံုစမ္း သိရွိရသည္။
http://www.narinjara.com/detailsbur.asp?id=2797
အဆိုပါ ျဖစ္စဥ္ႏွင့္ ပတ္သက္ျပီး ပစ္သတ္ခံရသူ တပ္သား၏ ေဆြမ်ိဳး တစ္ဦးက ယခုကဲ့သို႕ ေျပာသည္။
“ ျဖစ္တာက ပု႑ားကၽြန္း အေျခစုိက္ ခမရ ၅၅၀ တပ္ရင္းက တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ဒုဗိုလ္မွဴးၾကီး ေအးႏိုင္နဲ႕ တပ္စု တစ္စု အိႏၵိယ နယ္စပ္ ေရွတန္းကို ၾသဂတ္စ္လ အတြင္းက သြားေရာက္တဲ့ အခါ ျဖစ္ပြားခ့ဲတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အဲသလို ေရွ႕တန္းကို သြားတဲ့ အခါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက ေက်းရြာသားေတြကို အထမ္းသမား ေပၚတာ ဆြဲသလို တခ်ိဳ႕ေက်းရြာေတြက သမီးပ်ိဳေတြဟာ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးကို ပ်ိဳေတာ္ ဆက္ခဲ့ရတယ္လို႕ သိရပါတယ္။ အဲသလို လုပ္တဲ့ အေပၚ တပ္သား ဦးေရႊသိန္းက တပ္ရင္းမွဴးကို ေ၀ဖန္တဲ့ အတြက္ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက မေက်နပ္တာေၾကာင့္ သူနဲ႕ အတူ ရွိေနတဲ့ တပ္သား ၁၀ ဦးကို မေသမခ်င္း ရုိက္သတ္ခိုင္းခဲ့တယ္။ တပ္သားေတြ ရိုက္သတ္တဲ့ အတြက္ ေသလု ေမ်ာပါး ျဖစ္ေနတဲ့ အခါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴးက သူ႕ကို ေသနတ္နဲ႕ အေသပစ္ သတ္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။”
ဦးေရႊသိန္းကို သတ္ျပီးေနာက္ အေလာင္းကို ေဖ်ာက္ဖ်က္ပစ္ကာ ဦးေရႊသိန္းမွာ လက္နက္ျဖင့္ ထြက္ေျပးသြားေၾကာင္း အထက္သို႕ အစီရင္ခံထားသည္ဟု သိရသည္။ ၎ျပင္ ဦးေရႊသိန္းအား သတ္ရာတြင္ ပါ၀င္ခဲ့သူ ရဲေဘာ္ ၁၀ ဦးကိုလည္း အဆိုပါ သတင္း လံုး၀ မေပါက္ၾကားရန္ တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ေအးႏိုင္က သစၥာရည္ တိုက္ထားသည္ဟု သူက ေျပာသည္။
“ အဲသလို သတ္ပစ္ခဲ့တာကို မေက်နပ္တဲ့ စစ္သားေတြက သူတို႕ရဲ႕ ဇနီးမယားေတြကို ေျပာရာကေန ဒီသတင္း ထြက္လာတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အခုက ဒီသတင္းက တအားကို ပ်ံ႕ေနပါျပီ။ လူတိုင္းလိုလို သိေနၾကေတာ့ စိတ္မေကာင္း ျဖစ္ေနၾကပါတယ္” ဟု သူက ဆက္ေျပာသည္။
ဦးေရႊသိန္းမွာ ပု႑ားကၽြန္းျမိဳ႕နယ္ ယိုးတရုတ္ ေက်းရြာ ဇာတိ ျဖစ္ျပီး သူ႕တြင္ ၂ ႏွစ္အရြယ္ သမီး တစ္ဦးႏွင့္ ဇနီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္း က်န္ရစ္ခဲ့ျပီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္္းမွာလည္း ကိုယ္၀န္ လြယ္ထားရသည္ဟု သိရသည္။
မ်ားမၾကာမွီက အဆိုပါ တပ္ရင္းမွဴး ဦးေဆာင္သည့္ တပ္စု ပု႑ားကၽြန္း တပ္ရင္းသို႕ ျပန္ေရာက္လာျပီးေနာက္ တပ္ရင္းတြင္ က်န္ေနခဲ့သူ ဦးေရႊသိန္း၏ ဇနီး မေဌးေဌး၀င္းကို စခန္းမွ ႏွင္ထုတ္လိုက္သည္ဟု သူက ဆက္ေျပာသည္။
“ ႏွင္ေယာကၤ်ားက ေသနတ္ယူျပီး ထြက္ေျပးသြားတဲ့ အတြက္ ႏွင္ကိုလည္း စခန္းထဲမွာ မထား ႏိုင္ေတာ့ဘူး ဆိုျပီး ႏွင္ထုတ္လိုက္ပါတယ္။ အခု မေဌးေဌး၀င္းက ယိုးတရုတ္ ေက်းရြာကို ျပန္ေရာက္ရွိေနပါတယ္။”
ဦးေရႊသိန္း သတ္ျဖတ္ခံရေသာ သတင္းမွာ ယိုးတရုတ္၊ ပု႑ားကၽြန္းႏွင့္ အဆုိပါ ေဒသအတြင္း ပ်ံ႕ႏွံ႕ေနျပီး ဦးေရႊသိန္း၏ ေဆြမ်ိဳးမ်ားကလည္း အဆိုပါ ျဖစ္ရပ္ကို တတ္သိ နားလည္သူမ်ားႏွင့္ တိုင္ပင္ျပီး ေနျပည္ေတာ္အထိ တိုင္းတန္းရန္ စီစဥ္ေနေၾကာင္း စံုစမ္း သိရွိရသည္။
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ညဏ္အေၿမာ္အၿမင္ နည္းတဲ႕ စစ္အာဏာရွင္ အစုိးရက ပညာမတတ္တဲ႕ ေနာက္လုိက္မ်ားကုိ ေမြးၿမဴ ထားၿခင္းရဲ႕ အၿဖစ္အပ်က္ကုိ ခါးသီးရင္႕နင္စဖြယ္ ပထမဆုံး ခံစားရတာက ၿပည္သူလူထုပါ ။ လူတစ္စုက ဆင္ၿခင္တုံးတရား ကင္းမဲ႕မႈ နဲ႕ အေတြးအေခၚ အၿမာ္အၿမင္ အားနည္းမႈက လူေပါင္းမ်ားစြာ ဆင္းရဲဒုကၡ ေရာက္ ၾကရတဲ႕ အၿပင္ အခ်ိဳ႕ေတြမွာ တန္ဖုိးရွိတဲ႕ လူ႕အသက္ေတြ ဆုံးရွဳံးခဲ႕ရ ၿပန္ပါၿပီ ။
ဒီစစ္အာ ဏာ ရွင္ေတြ အုပ္စုိးသမွ်ေတာ႕ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တုိ႕ တုိင္းၿပည္က ၿပည္သူလူထု ဟာ ဆင္းရဲဒုကၡ အဖုံဖုံကုိ ဆက္လက္ ခံစားေနရအုံးမွာ အေသအခ်ာပါဘဲ ။
အခုလည္း မႏၱေလးျမိဳ႕မွာ ဆည္ေတာ္ၾကီးႏွင့္ ဆည္ေတာ္ေလး ေရေလွာင္တမံမွ ေရမ်ား ေဖာက္လႊတ္လုိက္တဲ့အတြက္ ေရေဘးဒုကၡ ၾကံဳေတြ႕ေနရပါတယ္။ ျဖစ္ပံုမွာ ျပီးခဲ့တဲ့ ၁၁ရက္ေန႔ညက ဆည္က်ိဳးတယ္ ဆိုျပီး အာဏာပိုင္ေတြက အနီးအနားရြာမ်ားအား တမင္သတင္းလႊင့္ ေၾကျငာပါတယ္... အမွန္တကယ္မွာ ဆည္က်ိဳးျခင္းမဟုတ္ပဲ ဆည္ေတာ္ၾကီးမွ ေရကိုေဖာက္လႊတ္လိုက္တဲ့ အတြက္ေၾကာင့္ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း ေဒသခံမ်ားက ေျပာဆိုပါတယ္.. ၾကိဳတင္ အေၾကာင္းၾကားျခင္းမရွိပဲ ဆည္က်ိဳးသြားျပီဆိုျပီး အာဏာပိုင္ေတြမွ တမင္သတင္းလႊင့္ပါတယ္..အမွန္မွာ ဆည္ေရလွ်ံတဲ့ အတြက္ေၾကာင့္ ဆည္ေရကို တမင္ ေဖာက္လႊတ္လိုက္တာလို႔ ဆိုပါတယ္..
ယေန႔ေနာက္ဆံုးရ သတင္းမ်ားအရ ေသဆံုးသူ အေလာင္း ၁၁ေလာင္းရရွိထားျပီး ေရမွာ ၆၂လမ္းထိ ျပန္လည္ က်ဆင္းေနျပီ ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း ဆိုပါတယ္.. ရဲရြာေရအားလွ်ပ္စစ္ဓာတ္အားေပး စက္ရုံအနီး ဘီလူးေက်းရြာမွ အိမ္ ၂၂အိမ္ ေရထဲ ေမ်ာပါသြားျပီး လူ၄ဦး ေပ်ာက္ဆံုးေနေၾကာင္း အေလာင္္း၂ေလာင္းသာ ျပန္လည္ ရရွိတယ္လို႔ဆိုပါတယ္..။ ယခုအခ်ိန္ထိ ေရေဘးသင့္ ေက်းရြာမ်ားသို႔ ထမင္းထုတ္ႏွင့္ ေဆးဝါးပစၥည္းမ်ား ေဝငွမႈ မေလာက္မငွ ျဖစ္ေနျပီး.. ကေလးငယ္မ်ား ဝမ္းေရာဂါ စတင္ျဖစ္ပြားေနျပီ ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္းသိရွိရပါတယ္..။
သူတုိ႕တေတြ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တုိ႕ ရဲ႕ အကူအညီကုိ အထူး လုိအပ္ ေနပါတယ္ ။
ရာထူးနဲ႕အာဏာ ကလြဲၿပီး တာ၀န္၀တၱရား ဆုိတာကုိ နားမလည္တဲ႕ အစုိးရက ထုိင္ၾကည္႕ေနၾကေတာ႕ တာ၀န္သိတဲ႕ ၿပည္သူလူထုကဘဲ တတ္ႏူိင္သမွ် ႏူိင္ရာ တာ၀န္ ထမ္းၿပီး မႏၱေလးက မွာ ေရေဘးဒုကၡ ခံစားေနရ သူမ်ားကုိ အၿမန္ဆုံး ၀ုိင္း၀န္းကူညီ ေထာက္ပံ႕ေပးၾကပါလုိ႕ အႏူးအညြတ္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံ အပ္ပါတယ္ခင္ဗ်ာ ။
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သတင္း..ႏွင္႕ဓါတ္ပုံ ဒီမိုေဝယံ
ညဏ္အေၿမာ္အၿမင္ နည္းတဲ႕ စစ္အာဏာရွင္ အစုိးရက ပညာမတတ္တဲ႕ ေနာက္လုိက္မ်ားကုိ ေမြးၿမဴ ထားၿခင္းရဲ႕ အၿဖစ္အပ်က္ကုိ ခါးသီးရင္႕နင္စဖြယ္ ပထမဆုံး ခံစားရတာက ၿပည္သူလူထုပါ ။ လူတစ္စုက ဆင္ၿခင္တုံးတရား ကင္းမဲ႕မႈ နဲ႕ အေတြးအေခၚ အၿမာ္အၿမင္ အားနည္းမႈက လူေပါင္းမ်ားစြာ ဆင္းရဲဒုကၡ ေရာက္ ၾကရတဲ႕ အၿပင္ အခ်ိဳ႕ေတြမွာ တန္ဖုိးရွိတဲ႕ လူ႕အသက္ေတြ ဆုံးရွဳံးခဲ႕ရ ၿပန္ပါၿပီ ။
ဒီစစ္အာ ဏာ ရွင္ေတြ အုပ္စုိးသမွ်ေတာ႕ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တုိ႕ တုိင္းၿပည္က ၿပည္သူလူထု ဟာ ဆင္းရဲဒုကၡ အဖုံဖုံကုိ ဆက္လက္ ခံစားေနရအုံးမွာ အေသအခ်ာပါဘဲ ။
အခုလည္း မႏၱေလးျမိဳ႕မွာ ဆည္ေတာ္ၾကီးႏွင့္ ဆည္ေတာ္ေလး ေရေလွာင္တမံမွ ေရမ်ား ေဖာက္လႊတ္လုိက္တဲ့အတြက္ ေရေဘးဒုကၡ ၾကံဳေတြ႕ေနရပါတယ္။ ျဖစ္ပံုမွာ ျပီးခဲ့တဲ့ ၁၁ရက္ေန႔ညက ဆည္က်ိဳးတယ္ ဆိုျပီး အာဏာပိုင္ေတြက အနီးအနားရြာမ်ားအား တမင္သတင္းလႊင့္ ေၾကျငာပါတယ္... အမွန္တကယ္မွာ ဆည္က်ိဳးျခင္းမဟုတ္ပဲ ဆည္ေတာ္ၾကီးမွ ေရကိုေဖာက္လႊတ္လိုက္တဲ့ အတြက္ေၾကာင့္ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း ေဒသခံမ်ားက ေျပာဆိုပါတယ္.. ၾကိဳတင္ အေၾကာင္းၾကားျခင္းမရွိပဲ ဆည္က်ိဳးသြားျပီဆိုျပီး အာဏာပိုင္ေတြမွ တမင္သတင္းလႊင့္ပါတယ္..အမွန္မွာ ဆည္ေရလွ်ံတဲ့ အတြက္ေၾကာင့္ ဆည္ေရကို တမင္ ေဖာက္လႊတ္လိုက္တာလို႔ ဆိုပါတယ္..
ယေန႔ေနာက္ဆံုးရ သတင္းမ်ားအရ ေသဆံုးသူ အေလာင္း ၁၁ေလာင္းရရွိထားျပီး ေရမွာ ၆၂လမ္းထိ ျပန္လည္ က်ဆင္းေနျပီ ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း ဆိုပါတယ္.. ရဲရြာေရအားလွ်ပ္စစ္ဓာတ္အားေပး စက္ရုံအနီး ဘီလူးေက်းရြာမွ အိမ္ ၂၂အိမ္ ေရထဲ ေမ်ာပါသြားျပီး လူ၄ဦး ေပ်ာက္ဆံုးေနေၾကာင္း အေလာင္္း၂ေလာင္းသာ ျပန္လည္ ရရွိတယ္လို႔ဆိုပါတယ္..။ ယခုအခ်ိန္ထိ ေရေဘးသင့္ ေက်းရြာမ်ားသို႔ ထမင္းထုတ္ႏွင့္ ေဆးဝါးပစၥည္းမ်ား ေဝငွမႈ မေလာက္မငွ ျဖစ္ေနျပီး.. ကေလးငယ္မ်ား ဝမ္းေရာဂါ စတင္ျဖစ္ပြားေနျပီ ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္းသိရွိရပါတယ္..။
သူတုိ႕တေတြ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တုိ႕ ရဲ႕ အကူအညီကုိ အထူး လုိအပ္ ေနပါတယ္ ။
ရာထူးနဲ႕အာဏာ ကလြဲၿပီး တာ၀န္၀တၱရား ဆုိတာကုိ နားမလည္တဲ႕ အစုိးရက ထုိင္ၾကည္႕ေနၾကေတာ႕ တာ၀န္သိတဲ႕ ၿပည္သူလူထုကဘဲ တတ္ႏူိင္သမွ် ႏူိင္ရာ တာ၀န္ ထမ္းၿပီး မႏၱေလးက မွာ ေရေဘးဒုကၡ ခံစားေနရ သူမ်ားကုိ အၿမန္ဆုံး ၀ုိင္း၀န္းကူညီ ေထာက္ပံ႕ေပးၾကပါလုိ႕ အႏူးအညြတ္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံ အပ္ပါတယ္ခင္ဗ်ာ ။
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ကၽြန္ေတာ့္အား မိတ္ေဆြတစ္ဦးက ေမးခဲ့သည္မွာ ၾကာပါၿပီ။ သို႔ေသာ္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္သည္ မိတ္ေဆြ၏ အေမးကို မေျဖခဲ့ရေသး။ သာမန္အားျဖင့္ သူ႔အေမးကို သူနားလည္ေအာင္
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ေျဖႏုိင္ခ်င္မွ ေျဖႏုိင္ေပမည္။ သို႔ေၾကာင့္လည္း ဥပမာတစ္ခုေလာက္ျပႏိုင္ရန္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ေစာင့္ေနျခင္း ျဖစ္သည္။ သူ႔အေမးမွာ "မင္းတို႔ ေျပာေျပာေနတဲ့ ႀကိဳးနီစနစ္ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲကြ" ဟူ၍ ျဖစ္၏။
မေန႔ကေတာ့ သူ႔ကို ဥပမာေပးရန္ အျဖစ္အပ်က္တစ္ခုကို ေတြ႔လာခဲ့သည္။ အစိုးရဌာနႏွစ္ခုမွ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုးသည္ အေဆာက္အဦႀကီး တစ္ခုထဲတြင္ ပူးတြဲ႐ံုးဖြင့္ထား၏။ ထို႐ံုးႏွစ္ခုအနက္မွ တစ္ခုေသာ႐ံုးတြင္ ေခြးတစ္ေကာင္ေမြးထား၏။ တစ္ေန႔ေသာအခါ ထိုေခြးသည္ ကပ္လ်က္႐ံုး ၏ အခန္းတြင္းသို႔ သြား၍ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုခဲ့၏။ ဤသို႔ျပဳလုပ္ျခင္းသည္ တစ္ႀကိမ္မဟုတ္ ႀကိမ္ဖန္မ်ားလာေသာအခါ ေနာက္ေဖးယုိခံရေသာ႐ံုးက ေခြးေမြးထားေသာ႐ံုးသို႔ "လူႀကီးမင္းတို႔႐ံုးမွ ေမြးထားေသာေခြးသည္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တို႔၏ ဧည့္ခန္းႏွင့္ ႐ံုးခန္းအတြင္းတြင္ မၾကာခဏလာေရာက္၍ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေနေသာေၾကာင့္ ေနာက္ေနာင္ ထိုသို႔ မျဖစ္ေစေရးအတြက္ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါရန္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံအပ္ပါသည္" ဟူေသာ စာကို ပို႔လုိက္၏။
ယင္းစာသည္ ေခြးေမြးထားေသာ႐ံုး၏ စာလက္ခံရာဌာနမွ "အဆင့္ဆင့္ ဆက္လက္ တင္ျပသည္၊ဆက္လက္တင္ျပပါသည္" ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္ ဆယ္ခုေလာက္ျဖင့္ ေနာက္ဆံုး ႐ံုးမွ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္ထံသို႔ ေရာက္သြား၏။ ထိုပုဂၢိဳလ္က "ယင္းကိစၥ ဟုတ္၊ မဟုတ္စံုစမ္းတင္ျပပါ" ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္တြင္ "အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္၊ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္" ဟူေသာ ထပ္ဆင့္မွတ္ခ်က္မ်ားႏွင့္အတူ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္က်လာ၏။
ထိုအခါ ယင္းကိစၥကို ဟုတ္၊ မဟုတ္ စံုစမ္းေရးအတြက္ ႐ံုးအုပ္အဆင့္ရွိသူမ်ားက အဖြဲ႔ဖြဲ႔ကာ တစ္ပတ္ေက်ာ္မွ် စံုစမ္းၿပီး "စာအမွတ္ မည္မွ်ျဖင့္ တစ္ဖက္႐ံုးမွ ေပးပို႔ေသာကိစၥသည္ မွန္ကန္ပါသည္"ဟူ၍ တစ္ဆင့္ၿပီးတစ္ဆင့္ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္ဆီသို႔ ေရာက္သြားျပန္၏။ ထိုအခါ ယင္းပုဂၢိဳလ္က "ယင္းကိစၥ မွန္ကန္လွ်င္ မည္သို႔ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္ခ်ေပးလုိက္ျပန္၏။ ေအာက္သို႔ က်လာေသာအခါ ႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္ အဖြဲ႔သည္ မည္ကဲ့သို႔ေျဖရွင္းရမည္ကို အခ်ိန္ယူ၍ ေဆြးေႏြးတိုင္ပင္ကာ ေနာက္ဆံုး၌ ႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္အဖြဲ႔က လူႀကီးမင္း၏ မွတ္ခ်က္အမိန္႔အရ နည္းလမ္းမ်ားကို ရွာေဖြရာ ေအာက္ပါနည္းလမ္းမ်ားကို ေတြ႔ရွိပါသျဖင့္ တင္ျပအပ္ပါသည္ဟု ဆိုကာ ေအာက္ေဖာ္ျပပါ နည္းေလးနည္းကို တင္ျပခဲ့သည္။
(က) ယင္းေခြးကို သတ္ပစ္ျခင္း၊
(ခ) ယင္းေခြးကို အေ၀းသုိ႔ပို႔ျခင္း၊
(ဂ) ေခြး၀င္ေသာ အေပါက္ကို လံုး၀ပိတ္ထားျခင္း၊
(ဃ) ေခြးမ၀င္ရန္ စာကပ္ထားျခင္း။
ထိုအခါ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္က ေအာက္မွတင္ျပေသာ နည္းေလးနည္းကို ေအာက္ပါအတုိင္း မွတ္ခ်က္ေရးကာ အဆင့္ဆင့္ ျပန္ခ်ေပးလုိက္၏။
(က)နည္းမွာ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္သည္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္တစ္ေယာက္ျဖစ္၍ မေရြးခ်ယ္ႏုိင္။ (ခ)နည္းမွာ ယင္းေခြးတြင္ သားသမီးငယ္မ်ား ရွိေနသည္ဟု သိရ၍ (က)နည္းတူ မေရြးခ်ယ္ႏိုင္။ (ဂ)နည္းမွာ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုး၏ ဆက္သြယ္ေရးကိစၥမ်ားကို ထိခိုက္ေစေသာေၾကာင့္ ယင္းနည္းကို ေရြးခ်ယ္ရန္ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္ျငင္းဆို၏။ (ဃ)နည္းမွာမူ မည္သူကိုမွလည္း မထိခိုက္ မဇၥၽိမပဋိပဒါလည္း က်ေသာေၾကာင့္ ယင္းနည္းကို ကၽြႏ္ုပ္ကိုယ္တုိင္ ေရြးခ်ယ္လုိက္သည္။
အထက္ပါမွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္စာသည္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း အဆင့္ဆင့္က်လာၿပီး ေအာက္ပုိင္းမွ စာတစ္ေစာင္ ျပန္၍တက္လာျပန္၏။ ယင္းစာမွာ "လူႀကီးမင္း ေရြးခ်ယ္ေသာ (ဃ)နည္းကို အသံုးျပဳေရးအတြက္ ေခြးမ၀င္ရဟူေသာ စာကပ္ရန္ မည္သည့္ပန္းခ်ီဆရာျဖင့္ ေရးရမည္ကို အမိန္႔ေတာင္းခံပါသည္" ဟူ၍ ျဖစ္၏။ ထိုအခါ အထက္လူႀကီးက "သင့္ေလ်ာ္ေသာ ပန္းခ်ီဆရာနာမည္မ်ား တင္ျပပါ"ဟု မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ျပန္က်လာ၏။ ေအာက္ပုိင္းမွ တဖန္
ပန္းခ်ီဆရာေလးဦး၏ အမည္မ်ားကို ယင္းတို႔၏ အရည္အခ်င္း၊ အရည္အေသြးမ်ားႏွင့္အတူ တင္ျပရာ အထက္မွ "ေဖာ္ျပပါ အရည္အခ်င္းမ်ားအရဆိုမူ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္တို႔သည္ နံပါတ္ (၂)ပန္းခ်ီဆရာကို ေရြးသည္"ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ျပန္က်လာ၏။
႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္အဖြဲ႔သည္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း နံပါတ္(၂) ပန္းခ်ီဆရာျဖင့္ ေခြးမ၀င္ရဟူေသာ စာတန္းကိုေရးဆြဲကာ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုး၏ အ၀င္အထြက္ တံခါး၀တြင္ ခ်ိတ္ဆြဲထားလုိက္၏။သို႔ေသာ္ မၾကာမီ တစ္ဖက္႐ံုးမွေန၍ လြန္ခဲ့ေသာ (၁၂)လက စာအမွတ္ ဘယ္လာက္ဘယ္ေလာက္ျဖင့္ "လူႀကီးမင္းတို႔႐ံုးမွ ေခြးတစ္ေကာင္ ၀င္ေရာက္ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေန၍ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါရန္ စာပို႔ခဲ့ေသာ္လည္း ယခုတုိင္ ယင္းေခြးသည္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေနဆဲျဖစ္၍ ထပ္မံအေၾကာင္းၾကားအပ္ပါသည္" ဟူေသာစာသည္ အတြင္းေရးဟူေသာ ထိပ္စည္းႏွင့္အတူ ေရာက္လာျပန္၏။
ထိုစာသည္ ထံုးစံအတုိင္း စာလက္ခံရာဌာနမွတဆင့္ အထက္လူႀကီးဆီသို႔ တင္ျပရာ အထက္လူႀကီးက "မိမိသည္ ဤကိစၥကို အေသအခ်ာ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါလ်က္ ယခုကဲ့သို႔ အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ဆက္လက္ျဖစ္ေနရသည္ကို ခ်က္ခ်င္းစံုစမ္းတင္ျပပါ" ဟူ၍ မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္ခ်လုိက္၏။ ထိုအခါ ႐ံုးအုပ္သည္ အဖြဲ႔တစ္ခု ခ်က္ခ်င္းထပ္ဖြဲ႔ကာ အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ယင္းေခြးသည္ ဆက္လက္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုၿမဲသည္ကို အေရးတယူ စံုစမ္းၾကၿပီးေနာက္ ေအာက္ပါအတုိင္း အဆင့္ဆင့္ တင္ျပလုိက္ျပန္၏။
စာအမွတ္ မည္မွ်ျဖင့္ "လူႀကီးမင္း၏ ခ်က္ခ်င္းအေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္ မွတ္ခ်က္ အမိန္႔အရ ကၽြန္ေတာ္မ်ား ခ်က္ခ်င္းအလ်င္အျမန္ စံုစမ္းၾကည့္ရာ ယင္းေခြးသည္ စာမတတ္ေၾကာင္း ေတြ႔ရွိရပါသည္။"
အထက္ပါ စံုစမ္းတင္ျပခ်က္စာသည္ တစ္ဆင့္ၿပီးတစ္ဆင့္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း အထက္သို႔ တက္လ်က္ရွိေန၏။ ယင္းတင္ျပခ်က္အေပၚ အထက္လူႀကီးက မည္သို႔ မွတ္ခ်က္ေရးဦးမည္ကို မသိရေသး။ သို႔ေသာ္ တစ္ခုေသခ်ာသည္ကေတာ့ ယင္းေခြးသည္ အျခားဟိုဖက္႐ံုး၏ ဧည့္ခန္းတြင္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုၿမဲ ယိုေနဦးမည္ကေတာ့ ေသခ်ာေနေပသတည္း။
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[ေမာ္နီတာဂ်ာနယ္၊ အတြဲ-၁၊ အမွတ္-၁၁၊ ၂၀၁၀ ဇူလုိင္ ၁၈၊ စာမ်က္နွာ-၂၁
ဒီမုိေ၀ယံ ဆုိဒ္မွ ကူးယူေဖာ္ၿပပါသည္ ။
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ေျဖႏုိင္ခ်င္မွ ေျဖႏုိင္ေပမည္။ သို႔ေၾကာင့္လည္း ဥပမာတစ္ခုေလာက္ျပႏိုင္ရန္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ေစာင့္ေနျခင္း ျဖစ္သည္။ သူ႔အေမးမွာ "မင္းတို႔ ေျပာေျပာေနတဲ့ ႀကိဳးနီစနစ္ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲကြ" ဟူ၍ ျဖစ္၏။
မေန႔ကေတာ့ သူ႔ကို ဥပမာေပးရန္ အျဖစ္အပ်က္တစ္ခုကို ေတြ႔လာခဲ့သည္။ အစိုးရဌာနႏွစ္ခုမွ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုးသည္ အေဆာက္အဦႀကီး တစ္ခုထဲတြင္ ပူးတြဲ႐ံုးဖြင့္ထား၏။ ထို႐ံုးႏွစ္ခုအနက္မွ တစ္ခုေသာ႐ံုးတြင္ ေခြးတစ္ေကာင္ေမြးထား၏။ တစ္ေန႔ေသာအခါ ထိုေခြးသည္ ကပ္လ်က္႐ံုး ၏ အခန္းတြင္းသို႔ သြား၍ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုခဲ့၏။ ဤသို႔ျပဳလုပ္ျခင္းသည္ တစ္ႀကိမ္မဟုတ္ ႀကိမ္ဖန္မ်ားလာေသာအခါ ေနာက္ေဖးယုိခံရေသာ႐ံုးက ေခြးေမြးထားေသာ႐ံုးသို႔ "လူႀကီးမင္းတို႔႐ံုးမွ ေမြးထားေသာေခြးသည္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္တို႔၏ ဧည့္ခန္းႏွင့္ ႐ံုးခန္းအတြင္းတြင္ မၾကာခဏလာေရာက္၍ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေနေသာေၾကာင့္ ေနာက္ေနာင္ ထိုသို႔ မျဖစ္ေစေရးအတြက္ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါရန္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံအပ္ပါသည္" ဟူေသာ စာကို ပို႔လုိက္၏။
ယင္းစာသည္ ေခြးေမြးထားေသာ႐ံုး၏ စာလက္ခံရာဌာနမွ "အဆင့္ဆင့္ ဆက္လက္ တင္ျပသည္၊ဆက္လက္တင္ျပပါသည္" ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္ ဆယ္ခုေလာက္ျဖင့္ ေနာက္ဆံုး ႐ံုးမွ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္ထံသို႔ ေရာက္သြား၏။ ထိုပုဂၢိဳလ္က "ယင္းကိစၥ ဟုတ္၊ မဟုတ္စံုစမ္းတင္ျပပါ" ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္တြင္ "အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္၊ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္" ဟူေသာ ထပ္ဆင့္မွတ္ခ်က္မ်ားႏွင့္အတူ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္က်လာ၏။
ထိုအခါ ယင္းကိစၥကို ဟုတ္၊ မဟုတ္ စံုစမ္းေရးအတြက္ ႐ံုးအုပ္အဆင့္ရွိသူမ်ားက အဖြဲ႔ဖြဲ႔ကာ တစ္ပတ္ေက်ာ္မွ် စံုစမ္းၿပီး "စာအမွတ္ မည္မွ်ျဖင့္ တစ္ဖက္႐ံုးမွ ေပးပို႔ေသာကိစၥသည္ မွန္ကန္ပါသည္"ဟူ၍ တစ္ဆင့္ၿပီးတစ္ဆင့္ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္ဆီသို႔ ေရာက္သြားျပန္၏။ ထိုအခါ ယင္းပုဂၢိဳလ္က "ယင္းကိစၥ မွန္ကန္လွ်င္ မည္သို႔ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္ခ်ေပးလုိက္ျပန္၏။ ေအာက္သို႔ က်လာေသာအခါ ႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္ အဖြဲ႔သည္ မည္ကဲ့သို႔ေျဖရွင္းရမည္ကို အခ်ိန္ယူ၍ ေဆြးေႏြးတိုင္ပင္ကာ ေနာက္ဆံုး၌ ႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္အဖြဲ႔က လူႀကီးမင္း၏ မွတ္ခ်က္အမိန္႔အရ နည္းလမ္းမ်ားကို ရွာေဖြရာ ေအာက္ပါနည္းလမ္းမ်ားကို ေတြ႔ရွိပါသျဖင့္ တင္ျပအပ္ပါသည္ဟု ဆိုကာ ေအာက္ေဖာ္ျပပါ နည္းေလးနည္းကို တင္ျပခဲ့သည္။
(က) ယင္းေခြးကို သတ္ပစ္ျခင္း၊
(ခ) ယင္းေခြးကို အေ၀းသုိ႔ပို႔ျခင္း၊
(ဂ) ေခြး၀င္ေသာ အေပါက္ကို လံုး၀ပိတ္ထားျခင္း၊
(ဃ) ေခြးမ၀င္ရန္ စာကပ္ထားျခင္း။
ထိုအခါ တာ၀န္ရွိပုဂၢိဳလ္က ေအာက္မွတင္ျပေသာ နည္းေလးနည္းကို ေအာက္ပါအတုိင္း မွတ္ခ်က္ေရးကာ အဆင့္ဆင့္ ျပန္ခ်ေပးလုိက္၏။
(က)နည္းမွာ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္သည္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္တစ္ေယာက္ျဖစ္၍ မေရြးခ်ယ္ႏုိင္။ (ခ)နည္းမွာ ယင္းေခြးတြင္ သားသမီးငယ္မ်ား ရွိေနသည္ဟု သိရ၍ (က)နည္းတူ မေရြးခ်ယ္ႏိုင္။ (ဂ)နည္းမွာ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုး၏ ဆက္သြယ္ေရးကိစၥမ်ားကို ထိခိုက္ေစေသာေၾကာင့္ ယင္းနည္းကို ေရြးခ်ယ္ရန္ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္ျငင္းဆို၏။ (ဃ)နည္းမွာမူ မည္သူကိုမွလည္း မထိခိုက္ မဇၥၽိမပဋိပဒါလည္း က်ေသာေၾကာင့္ ယင္းနည္းကို ကၽြႏ္ုပ္ကိုယ္တုိင္ ေရြးခ်ယ္လုိက္သည္။
အထက္ပါမွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္စာသည္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း အဆင့္ဆင့္က်လာၿပီး ေအာက္ပုိင္းမွ စာတစ္ေစာင္ ျပန္၍တက္လာျပန္၏။ ယင္းစာမွာ "လူႀကီးမင္း ေရြးခ်ယ္ေသာ (ဃ)နည္းကို အသံုးျပဳေရးအတြက္ ေခြးမ၀င္ရဟူေသာ စာကပ္ရန္ မည္သည့္ပန္းခ်ီဆရာျဖင့္ ေရးရမည္ကို အမိန္႔ေတာင္းခံပါသည္" ဟူ၍ ျဖစ္၏။ ထိုအခါ အထက္လူႀကီးက "သင့္ေလ်ာ္ေသာ ပန္းခ်ီဆရာနာမည္မ်ား တင္ျပပါ"ဟု မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ျပန္က်လာ၏။ ေအာက္ပုိင္းမွ တဖန္
ပန္းခ်ီဆရာေလးဦး၏ အမည္မ်ားကို ယင္းတို႔၏ အရည္အခ်င္း၊ အရည္အေသြးမ်ားႏွင့္အတူ တင္ျပရာ အထက္မွ "ေဖာ္ျပပါ အရည္အခ်င္းမ်ားအရဆိုမူ ကၽြႏ္ုပ္တို႔သည္ နံပါတ္ (၂)ပန္းခ်ီဆရာကို ေရြးသည္"ဟူေသာ မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ျပန္က်လာ၏။
႐ံုးအုပ္ႏွင့္အဖြဲ႔သည္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း နံပါတ္(၂) ပန္းခ်ီဆရာျဖင့္ ေခြးမ၀င္ရဟူေသာ စာတန္းကိုေရးဆြဲကာ ႐ံုးႏွစ္႐ံုး၏ အ၀င္အထြက္ တံခါး၀တြင္ ခ်ိတ္ဆြဲထားလုိက္၏။သို႔ေသာ္ မၾကာမီ တစ္ဖက္႐ံုးမွေန၍ လြန္ခဲ့ေသာ (၁၂)လက စာအမွတ္ ဘယ္လာက္ဘယ္ေလာက္ျဖင့္ "လူႀကီးမင္းတို႔႐ံုးမွ ေခြးတစ္ေကာင္ ၀င္ေရာက္ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေန၍ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါရန္ စာပို႔ခဲ့ေသာ္လည္း ယခုတုိင္ ယင္းေခြးသည္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုေနဆဲျဖစ္၍ ထပ္မံအေၾကာင္းၾကားအပ္ပါသည္" ဟူေသာစာသည္ အတြင္းေရးဟူေသာ ထိပ္စည္းႏွင့္အတူ ေရာက္လာျပန္၏။
ထိုစာသည္ ထံုးစံအတုိင္း စာလက္ခံရာဌာနမွတဆင့္ အထက္လူႀကီးဆီသို႔ တင္ျပရာ အထက္လူႀကီးက "မိမိသည္ ဤကိစၥကို အေသအခ်ာ အေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ပါလ်က္ ယခုကဲ့သို႔ အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ဆက္လက္ျဖစ္ေနရသည္ကို ခ်က္ခ်င္းစံုစမ္းတင္ျပပါ" ဟူ၍ မွတ္ခ်က္ျဖင့္ ေအာက္သို႔ ျပန္ခ်လုိက္၏။ ထိုအခါ ႐ံုးအုပ္သည္ အဖြဲ႔တစ္ခု ခ်က္ခ်င္းထပ္ဖြဲ႔ကာ အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ယင္းေခြးသည္ ဆက္လက္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုၿမဲသည္ကို အေရးတယူ စံုစမ္းၾကၿပီးေနာက္ ေအာက္ပါအတုိင္း အဆင့္ဆင့္ တင္ျပလုိက္ျပန္၏။
စာအမွတ္ မည္မွ်ျဖင့္ "လူႀကီးမင္း၏ ခ်က္ခ်င္းအေရးယူေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္ မွတ္ခ်က္ အမိန္႔အရ ကၽြန္ေတာ္မ်ား ခ်က္ခ်င္းအလ်င္အျမန္ စံုစမ္းၾကည့္ရာ ယင္းေခြးသည္ စာမတတ္ေၾကာင္း ေတြ႔ရွိရပါသည္။"
အထက္ပါ စံုစမ္းတင္ျပခ်က္စာသည္ တစ္ဆင့္ၿပီးတစ္ဆင့္ ႐ံုးထံုးစံအတုိင္း အထက္သို႔ တက္လ်က္ရွိေန၏။ ယင္းတင္ျပခ်က္အေပၚ အထက္လူႀကီးက မည္သို႔ မွတ္ခ်က္ေရးဦးမည္ကို မသိရေသး။ သို႔ေသာ္ တစ္ခုေသခ်ာသည္ကေတာ့ ယင္းေခြးသည္ အျခားဟိုဖက္႐ံုး၏ ဧည့္ခန္းတြင္ ေနာက္ေဖးယိုၿမဲ ယိုေနဦးမည္ကေတာ့ ေသခ်ာေနေပသတည္း။
ခ်စ္စံ၀င္း
(၉-၈-၁၉၆၉)
[ေမာ္နီတာဂ်ာနယ္၊ အတြဲ-၁၊ အမွတ္-၁၁၊ ၂၀၁၀ ဇူလုိင္ ၁၈၊ စာမ်က္နွာ-၂၁
ဒီမုိေ၀ယံ ဆုိဒ္မွ ကူးယူေဖာ္ၿပပါသည္ ။
Everyone United Against Junta's Planned 2010 Sham Election
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is embarking on media campaign so as to encourage everyone's participation working for democratisation of Burma. I'm pleased to inform you that Burmese song "SHOCK Shi-Tae" for the "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" campaign video has been released on facebook and on you tube. Please see the links at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycQyF...
http://www.facebook.com/video/video....
Our main intention is to share the video with the people inside Burma in order to inform them of:
• why we should boycott junta's planned sham elections,
• junta's unilaterally adopted sham constitution and why we must collectively lobby international governments including UNSC to to declare military entrenching constitution as NULL & VOID,
• why we must work implementing 1990 election results
• life of the political activists
Please enjoy the following music video and ads. The following is the video link at the dailymotion
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3...
It is also available free MP3 download at the following link since you may wish to use as the telephone ring tone.
http://bdcburma.org/mp_3/Shock%20mas...
I am also pleased to inform you that the full length video with ENGLISH and CHINESE subtitles approximately 90 minutes will be out very soon.
You may wish to see following ads for the boycott junta's sham 2010 election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRw3...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFys...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXUwQ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuy0Z...
Thank you very much in advance and looking forward to seeing you all.
Please forward this message to everyone you know. Thank you very much.
Yours faithfully,
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycQyF...
http://www.facebook.com/video/video....
Our main intention is to share the video with the people inside Burma in order to inform them of:
• why we should boycott junta's planned sham elections,
• junta's unilaterally adopted sham constitution and why we must collectively lobby international governments including UNSC to to declare military entrenching constitution as NULL & VOID,
• why we must work implementing 1990 election results
• life of the political activists
Please enjoy the following music video and ads. The following is the video link at the dailymotion
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3...
It is also available free MP3 download at the following link since you may wish to use as the telephone ring tone.
http://bdcburma.org/mp_3/Shock%20mas...
I am also pleased to inform you that the full length video with ENGLISH and CHINESE subtitles approximately 90 minutes will be out very soon.
You may wish to see following ads for the boycott junta's sham 2010 election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRw3...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFys...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXUwQ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuy0Z...
Thank you very much in advance and looking forward to seeing you all.
Please forward this message to everyone you know. Thank you very much.
Yours faithfully,
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)
15th Oct 2010–MoeMaKa Daily Newsletter
http://www.scribd.com/doc/39377419/15th-Oct-2010%E2%80%93MoeMaKa-Daily-Newsletter
Mandalay dam water leaves 2,500 homeless, cuts roads
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Water released from dams in Mandalay after at least a week of heavy rain has inundated three wards in the divisional capital and forced about 2,500 from their homes, residents and relief workers said yesterday.
Seitawlay and Seitawgyi dams had reached dangerous levels after heavy rain filled their reservoirs to near capacity, forcing officials to open the floodgates. Run-off cut roads and swamped homes in Aungpinle, Thamankone and Myayinanda wards, residents said.
“People from these localities are taking refuge at Innkhayu monastery … There are about 2,500 flood victims there. They an’t return to their homes even though the water has receded slightly,” a resident and volunteer relief worker told Mizzima.
Officials feared the reservoirs, swollen after a least a week of rain, would force dam walls to break or collapse. After they opened the gates, the wards were inundated with four to 10 feet of water, depending on an area’s topography.
At least 10 people were killed in this flood, a monk giving food and medicine to the flood victims said. “The death toll is climbing and 10 bodies have been recovered so far in Aungpinle,” the monk said.
Mizzima was as yet unable to verify the death toll from an independent source.
Some businessmen such as Win Win Candle, Lucky drinking water, individual donors, and social organisations such as Bhramaso and monks were donating food and drinking water to the flood victims under the leadership of the abbot of Sagaing Myasetkya monastery, the monk said.
Authorities were collecting food parcels in rotation from other wards in Mandalay and had opened an aid-material collection centre in the city, a resident said.
The monk said that he and his volunteers were facing difficulties in their relief work.
“They [city authorities] don’t allow donors to donate relief materials directly to the flood victims. Soldiers and firemen want the relief materials delivered to them. But the monks forcefully waded through the floodwater to donate directly,” he said.
Drugs and dehydration packets were desperately needed for child flood victims, who were suffering from diarrhoea. Also badly needed were candles as electricity had been cut off, and mosquito coils, rice, meat and vegetables, the monk said.
The released water also inundated highway links to northern Shan State, leaving townships there cut off from communications for at least five days.
“We can’t go even to Pyinoolwin as the highway is inundated. There are no uphill or downhill cars. The highway buses running to Musay and Lashio have had to stop running as well. Cars can’t travel to Myingyan and they have to go via Meiktila,” a passenger bus operator’s ticket counter supervisor at the Chanmyashwepyi highway bus terminal said.
Meteorologist Dr. Tun Lwin warned that more and frequent storms were likely to hit Burma this month or next month, with heavy rain and gale-force winds also likely. He also urged the public to watch weather reports regularly.
source: http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/4445-mandalay-dam-water-leaves-2500-homeless-cuts-roads.html
What is a ‘free and fair’ election?
Dr. Kurt Campbell (right), the United States assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and US embassy Rangoon chargé d’affaires Larry Dinger, meet Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (centre) at a government guest house in Rangoon on Monday, May 10, 2010. The US envoy had expressed his concern over the junta’s unfair laws governing political parties and elections in a meeting with Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy executive members. Photo: Mizzima Archive
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – In one of its opening salvoes against the Burmese junta’s elections this year, the country’s most powerful opposition party, the National League for Democracy, announced in March it would not re-register as a political party, thereby guaranteeing it would not take part.
The party released a statement at the time saying they had “decided not to register … because the election laws … are unfair and unjust”.
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi also said she “would not dream” of entering the race because of its illegitimacy. Since the Burmese military regime released its new electoral laws, the election has been widely criticised as a sham. Many international governments and individuals within and outside Burma have called for all of Burma’s political prisoners to be released before the elections take place, in order for them to be considered democratic.
The following is the first in a series of reports in which Mizzima will examine what constitutes a “free and fair’ election by international standards.
The components can be divided into 16 different categories according to International IDEA, (the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) and various other intergovernmental organisations that promote sustainable democracy and efficient, “free and fair” elections around the world. The following points are a compilation of what they feel is required for a country to meet these standards.
International recognition
International standards for free and fair democratic elections have their foundations in the fundamental freedoms and political rights within various international conventions such as the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Legal framework
The legal framework is the basis for the regulation of the election process. It comprises the electoral law regarding voter registration, political parties and candidates and the media. The framework for elections should be transparent and understandable and approach all the issues of an electoral system necessary to create democratic elections.
Electoral system
The electoral system in place within a country should guarantee political inclusiveness and representation. It should provide a clear electoral formula for transforming votes into legislative seats.
Electoral watchdog
The most important elements of a free and fair election lie in the independence and impartiality of a country’s electoral watchdog or election commission to monitor the efficiency, effectiveness, professionalism and transparency of the electoral processes.
The duties and functions of such a body are:
To ensure that election officials and staff are well-trained and are independent of any political interest,
To ensure the voting public are educated about election processes, voting procedures and contesting political parties and candidates,
To ensure the registry of voters and upkeep of voter registers.
To ensure the integrity of the ballot via maintaining the secrecy of the vote, by insuring against fraudulent voting and by ensuring a transparent process for lawful collection and counting of the votes.
Right to elect and be elected
There should be no discrimination on account of colour, race, sex, language, religion, political views, ethnic minority status, property or birth that could eliminate an eligible citizen’s right to vote or right to contest the elections. All eligible citizens should be guaranteed the right to equal voting and the right to contest the elections without any discrimination.
Voter registration and registers
Voter registers should be maintained with transparency and accuracy. The right of an eligible voter to register should be protected, and the prevention of unlawful or fraudulent registration or removal of voters, enacted. The voter register must be comprehensive, inclusive, accurate and up to date, and the process, fully transparent.
Political parties and candidates
All political parties and candidates should be treated equally while competing in elections. The legal framework of a democratic election should clearly provide notification of the dates for beginning and end of registration for political parties. The requirements and procedures for party and candidate registration should be based on reasonable, relevant and objective criteria.
Democratic electoral campaigns
Each political party and candidate has the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association and access to the electorate.
The electoral system should ensure:
There are no unreasonable restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and whatever restrictions there are that they be set out in the law,
Every party and candidate has equal access to the media to undertake their campaign,
Every party and candidate should have equal access to finance for a credible election campaign,
No party or candidate should be favoured, financially or through other resources,
No party or candidate incites or threatens violence to another party or candidate,
All parties and candidates should cease campaigning one or two days before polling day.
Media access and freedom of expression
The legal framework for elections should ensure that all political parties and candidates have access to the media and equal treatment in media owned or controlled by the state. Freedom of expression should be upheld in election campaigns and no party or candidate should be discriminated against in terms of access to the media or freedom of expression. The ruling party should not have unfair dominance of media coverage.
Campaign finance and expenditure
All parties and candidates should be treated equally by the institute governing campaign finances and expenditure. If public funding is distributed among parties and candidates it should be proportionately and equally distributed. Limitations on funding of campaigns should be reasonable and equal among each party and candidate. Political finance laws should be adequately and effectively enforced.
Balloting
Polling stations should be accessible and there should be accurate recording of ballots. The secrecy of the ballot should also be guaranteed. Sufficient provisions for the security of all ballots and voting materials before, during and after voting should be provided by the legal framework. Safeguards should be put in place to prevent fraudulent voting or double voting. The routine entry of police or armed forces into the polling station should be prohibited except when they themselves are voting.
Counting votes
All votes should be counted and tabulated accurately, equally, fairly and transparently. A democratic electoral system should ensure that the entire process for counting and tabulating votes is conducted in the presence of representatives of parties and candidates as well as election observers.
Role of the representatives of parties and candidates
For the election to maintain integrity and transparency, the legal framework must provide for independent observation by representatives nominated by parties and candidates contesting the election to observe all voting processes. These representatives are not permitted to campaign within the polling station or designated area around the polling station.
Election observers
For an election to be credible and transparent, independent electoral observers should be permitted to observe all processes of the election.
Electoral law
The legal framework for elections must set forth detailed and sufficient provisions protecting suffrage rights.
Every voter, candidate and political party has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent electoral watchdog or a court when an infringement of electoral rights is alleged to have occurred.
Defining/delimiting boundaries of electoral units/constituencies
There are three universal principles to guide the delimitation process: representativeness, equality of voting strength and non-discrimination. The ideal international standard is to attain equality of voting power for each vote, therefore providing effective representation.
Source: http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010-/4451-what-is-a-free-and-fair-election.html
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Ethnic leaders join NLD vote-boycott road show
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Ethnic leaders from the group made up of ethnic political parties that contested in the 1990 general election, have joined the National League for Democracy’s “no vote” campaign ahead of elections on November 7.
The main opposition NLD party left Rangoon yesterday for Kachin State on week-long roadshow trip organisational trip accompanied by Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) party leader and Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP) secretary Aye Thar Aung. They briefed NLD township, ward and village level organising committee members from 11 townships in Mandalay Division.
“I am glad and encouraged at meeting organising committee members from townships, wards and villages for the first time after the authority dissolved NLD,” Aye Thar Aung said.
NLD central executive committee member Ohn Kyaing, NLD women’s wing members Phyu Phyu Thin, Hla Hla Moe, Aye Aye Mar, NLD youth wing member Myo Nyunt and Aye Thar Aung met organisers from Mogok, Singu, Madaya, Thapeikkyin, Patheingyi, Tadaoo, Amrapura, Singai and Pyinoolwin townships and exchanged their views on boycotting this year’s national elections.
Fellow ethnic minority and CRPP leader, Zomi National Congress (ZNC) chairman Pu Cing Tsian Thang, joined NLD leaders in a similar trip to southern Shan State and Soe Win from the National Democracy Party joined NLD leaders in their trip to western Pegu Division.
Upon reaching Kachin State, Aye Thar Aung said he would pass on some of the motions passed at the CRPP meeting held on September 3 month including a resolution not to vote in upcoming polls.
The group resolved to boycott 2010 general election, to discuss issues and difficulties being faced by ethnic people including concerns over the building possibility that a new wave of civil war would break out amid growing tension between junta forces and armed ethnic groups under ceasefire that have rejected the junta’s Border Guard Force (BGF) demand.
They also decided to discuss the 2008 constitution and to tell people in ethnic areas that building a genuine federal union and national unity could only be achieved through enacting a constitution based on the Panlong spirit that would entrench democratic and ethnic rights.
“The Kachin [Independence Organisation’s armed wing] said that they would not need to bear arms if the Union [of Burma] was based on the Panlong agreement. And the CRPP has reached a resolution on how to build a Union in future based on that agreement. We will discuss these matters with the people during this trip. Another topic will be on the current situation of distrust of the SPDC [junta] by armed ethnic groups and their delay in disarming themselves,” Aye Thar Aung said.
The junta’s electoral watchdog, the Union Election Commission (UEC), issued a notice mid-last month that claimed five old political parties including the NLD were automatically dissolved as they had failed to re-register with the UEC during the stipulated time. The NLD has since conducted roadshows to explain to the public their no-vote policy. They have completed trips to almost 10 of the states and divisions.
“Party members are more consolidated and the party is stronger after these meetings. We can say this is a significant and progressive result of survival and revival. Party members abide by our policy of non-voting in the election. If some of them go and cast their vote this time, they will never be free from fear. But we can say how many people didn’t vote only after the election,” Ohn Kyaing told Mizzima.
The CRPP was established on September 16, 1998 by the NLD, which won more than 80 per cent of seats in the 1990 general election and ethnic parties that also won seats, to call on the junta to convene the Hluttaw (parliament)
Member parties are the ALD, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, the Shan State Kokang Democratic Party, the Mon Nationality Democratic Front, the ZNC and Union Nationalities League for Democracy.
source: http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010-/4442-ethnic-leaders-join-nld-vote-boycott-roadshow.html
The main opposition NLD party left Rangoon yesterday for Kachin State on week-long roadshow trip organisational trip accompanied by Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) party leader and Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP) secretary Aye Thar Aung. They briefed NLD township, ward and village level organising committee members from 11 townships in Mandalay Division.
“I am glad and encouraged at meeting organising committee members from townships, wards and villages for the first time after the authority dissolved NLD,” Aye Thar Aung said.
NLD central executive committee member Ohn Kyaing, NLD women’s wing members Phyu Phyu Thin, Hla Hla Moe, Aye Aye Mar, NLD youth wing member Myo Nyunt and Aye Thar Aung met organisers from Mogok, Singu, Madaya, Thapeikkyin, Patheingyi, Tadaoo, Amrapura, Singai and Pyinoolwin townships and exchanged their views on boycotting this year’s national elections.
Fellow ethnic minority and CRPP leader, Zomi National Congress (ZNC) chairman Pu Cing Tsian Thang, joined NLD leaders in a similar trip to southern Shan State and Soe Win from the National Democracy Party joined NLD leaders in their trip to western Pegu Division.
Upon reaching Kachin State, Aye Thar Aung said he would pass on some of the motions passed at the CRPP meeting held on September 3 month including a resolution not to vote in upcoming polls.
The group resolved to boycott 2010 general election, to discuss issues and difficulties being faced by ethnic people including concerns over the building possibility that a new wave of civil war would break out amid growing tension between junta forces and armed ethnic groups under ceasefire that have rejected the junta’s Border Guard Force (BGF) demand.
They also decided to discuss the 2008 constitution and to tell people in ethnic areas that building a genuine federal union and national unity could only be achieved through enacting a constitution based on the Panlong spirit that would entrench democratic and ethnic rights.
“The Kachin [Independence Organisation’s armed wing] said that they would not need to bear arms if the Union [of Burma] was based on the Panlong agreement. And the CRPP has reached a resolution on how to build a Union in future based on that agreement. We will discuss these matters with the people during this trip. Another topic will be on the current situation of distrust of the SPDC [junta] by armed ethnic groups and their delay in disarming themselves,” Aye Thar Aung said.
The junta’s electoral watchdog, the Union Election Commission (UEC), issued a notice mid-last month that claimed five old political parties including the NLD were automatically dissolved as they had failed to re-register with the UEC during the stipulated time. The NLD has since conducted roadshows to explain to the public their no-vote policy. They have completed trips to almost 10 of the states and divisions.
“Party members are more consolidated and the party is stronger after these meetings. We can say this is a significant and progressive result of survival and revival. Party members abide by our policy of non-voting in the election. If some of them go and cast their vote this time, they will never be free from fear. But we can say how many people didn’t vote only after the election,” Ohn Kyaing told Mizzima.
The CRPP was established on September 16, 1998 by the NLD, which won more than 80 per cent of seats in the 1990 general election and ethnic parties that also won seats, to call on the junta to convene the Hluttaw (parliament)
Member parties are the ALD, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, the Shan State Kokang Democratic Party, the Mon Nationality Democratic Front, the ZNC and Union Nationalities League for Democracy.
source: http://www.mizzima.com/news/election-2010-/4442-ethnic-leaders-join-nld-vote-boycott-roadshow.html
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Burma's Aung Sann Su Kyi "will not vote"
Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will refuse to vote in the general election on 7 November.
Her lawyer, Nyan Win, said that although her name was on a voters' list, she would not take part in a poll organised by the military.
Ms Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory in the last election in 1990 but the junta annulled the result, and kept her in near continuous detention.
The poll is seen by many as a sham that will just cement the military's power.
Some 25% of seats are guaranteed under the new constitution for the military, which means unelected military officers will sit in parliament.
The government has also founded its own political party - the Union Solidarity and Development Party - headed by the incumbent prime minister.
Legal moves
Ms Sui Kyi is currently under house arrest and was at first excluded from the electoral roll; about 2,000 other activists are also still detained.
Her National League for Democracy (NLD) had already decided to disband to avoid having to expel Ms Suu Kyi and other detainees under strict electoral laws.
Our South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says her decision not to vote may further encourage other NLD supporters to follow her lead, come election day.
That in turn will infuriate the current military leadership, she says.
"The NLD will not compete so she (Suu Kyi) said she has no party to vote for even if she is allowed to vote. As the NLD is not participating in the election, she will not vote," said Nyan Win.
He said Ms Suu Kyi had also pointed out that any grant to her of the right to vote would contravene the junta's own laws which prohibit detainees from taking part in the polls.
Her advice to followers also not to vote has been criticised by the state-controlled press.
Ms Suu Kyi's house arrest is due to expire on 13 November and she expects to be released "according to the law", Nyan Win said.
"If she is not released it is like a violation," he said.
Many Western nations and the UN are critical of Burma's poor human rights record and refusal to hand over power to Ms Suu Kyi's party in 1990.
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11529919
Her lawyer, Nyan Win, said that although her name was on a voters' list, she would not take part in a poll organised by the military.
Ms Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory in the last election in 1990 but the junta annulled the result, and kept her in near continuous detention.
The poll is seen by many as a sham that will just cement the military's power.
Some 25% of seats are guaranteed under the new constitution for the military, which means unelected military officers will sit in parliament.
The government has also founded its own political party - the Union Solidarity and Development Party - headed by the incumbent prime minister.
Legal moves
Ms Sui Kyi is currently under house arrest and was at first excluded from the electoral roll; about 2,000 other activists are also still detained.
Her National League for Democracy (NLD) had already decided to disband to avoid having to expel Ms Suu Kyi and other detainees under strict electoral laws.
Our South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says her decision not to vote may further encourage other NLD supporters to follow her lead, come election day.
That in turn will infuriate the current military leadership, she says.
"The NLD will not compete so she (Suu Kyi) said she has no party to vote for even if she is allowed to vote. As the NLD is not participating in the election, she will not vote," said Nyan Win.
He said Ms Suu Kyi had also pointed out that any grant to her of the right to vote would contravene the junta's own laws which prohibit detainees from taking part in the polls.
Her advice to followers also not to vote has been criticised by the state-controlled press.
Ms Suu Kyi's house arrest is due to expire on 13 November and she expects to be released "according to the law", Nyan Win said.
"If she is not released it is like a violation," he said.
Many Western nations and the UN are critical of Burma's poor human rights record and refusal to hand over power to Ms Suu Kyi's party in 1990.
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11529919
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Global Action Against Junta's Planned Sham Election
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Global Action Against Junta's Planned Sham Election
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) joined hands together with democratic forces around the world showing our opposition on the junta's planned sham election and its results.
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Myanmar's Sham Election
We are now a month away from the first elections in Burma in 23 years. That should give us cause to celebrate. Sadly, that is wishful thinking. Burma’s 55 million people continue to suffer brutal oppression. Abject, needless poverty is, for most, a daily reality. These elections will be little more than a sham to perpetuate military rule.
So when Asian and European leaders meet on Monday in Brussels, the U.K. will be calling for us to speak with one voice against the gross mistreatment of the Burmese people.
That means being unequivocal: These elections will be neither free nor fair. Opponents of the ruling party lack resources and are systematically targeted by the current regime. Thousands of political prisoners remain incarcerated. Various ethnic parties have been refused the right to participate. Last month the military dissolved the National League for Democracy — its biggest perceived threat.
The situation is little better for those parties which are being allowed to participate. The regime they oppose has passed deeply unfair election laws and runs the election commission. In Burma all media is heavily censored by the state.
So the election result is a foregone conclusion. Under the constitution a quarter of seats are already reserved for the military. In half of the remaining seats parties loyal to the regime will run uncontested, their opponents unable to field a candidate. The regime is therefore guaranteed a substantial majority — before a single vote is even cast.
The consequence for Burma is the return to power of a ruling elite that has presided over widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and torture. That same regime has been guilty of profound economic mismanagement and corruption. While they routinely blame sanctions for weak development, the truth is that they have squandered Burma’s natural resources and export opportunities. The country’s infant mortality rate is now amongst the highest in Asia.
These failings are undeniable. Yet some are tempted to overlook the deep flaws in the approaching election. Clearly, it would be more convenient for the international community to quietly agree that any election is better than no election. Burma would recede in the mind, allowing us to “move on.” That is attractive for nations that insist we should not interfere in one anothers’ affairs. And the West could not be accused, as it sometimes is, of attempting to recreate the world in its own image.
These are not reasons to ignore the truth. The European Union has already made it clear that sanctions — targeted at the regime and its sources of revenue — will not be lifted until genuine progress is made on the ground. We must now work with our Asian partners, using our collective clout, to push for that progress. Members of the Asia-Europe Meeting group, or ASEM, account for nearly 60 percent of the global population — and the same proportion of global trade. Burma’s military regime should know that, until it satisfies international demands, it will meet the same disapproval whether it looks East or West.
Not only is that our shared moral duty, but it is in our strategic self-interest too. Without a process of national reconciliation in Burma, the risk of instability is real. Ethnic cease-fires look increasingly fragile. A return to conflict would have devastating humanitarian consequences, undermining regional security and leading to further refugee flows into neighboring countries and beyond.
So we must continue to exert pressure on the regime to engage all opposition and ethnic groups in a meaningful dialogue. The objective must be a fair settlement that gives ethnic groups a political voice and protects their minority rights. All prisoners of conscience — including the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — must be released without delay. Reconciliation must be geared toward the social and economic development that has long evaded the Burmese state.
This week is an opportunity for Asian and European nations to reaffirm that message. Military men must know that swapping their uniforms for suits will not change the demands of the international community. We will not be pacified by a democratic facade. Our expectations will not drop.
Nick Clegg is deputy prime minister of Britain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/opinion/04iht-edclegg.html
So when Asian and European leaders meet on Monday in Brussels, the U.K. will be calling for us to speak with one voice against the gross mistreatment of the Burmese people.
That means being unequivocal: These elections will be neither free nor fair. Opponents of the ruling party lack resources and are systematically targeted by the current regime. Thousands of political prisoners remain incarcerated. Various ethnic parties have been refused the right to participate. Last month the military dissolved the National League for Democracy — its biggest perceived threat.
The situation is little better for those parties which are being allowed to participate. The regime they oppose has passed deeply unfair election laws and runs the election commission. In Burma all media is heavily censored by the state.
So the election result is a foregone conclusion. Under the constitution a quarter of seats are already reserved for the military. In half of the remaining seats parties loyal to the regime will run uncontested, their opponents unable to field a candidate. The regime is therefore guaranteed a substantial majority — before a single vote is even cast.
The consequence for Burma is the return to power of a ruling elite that has presided over widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and torture. That same regime has been guilty of profound economic mismanagement and corruption. While they routinely blame sanctions for weak development, the truth is that they have squandered Burma’s natural resources and export opportunities. The country’s infant mortality rate is now amongst the highest in Asia.
These failings are undeniable. Yet some are tempted to overlook the deep flaws in the approaching election. Clearly, it would be more convenient for the international community to quietly agree that any election is better than no election. Burma would recede in the mind, allowing us to “move on.” That is attractive for nations that insist we should not interfere in one anothers’ affairs. And the West could not be accused, as it sometimes is, of attempting to recreate the world in its own image.
These are not reasons to ignore the truth. The European Union has already made it clear that sanctions — targeted at the regime and its sources of revenue — will not be lifted until genuine progress is made on the ground. We must now work with our Asian partners, using our collective clout, to push for that progress. Members of the Asia-Europe Meeting group, or ASEM, account for nearly 60 percent of the global population — and the same proportion of global trade. Burma’s military regime should know that, until it satisfies international demands, it will meet the same disapproval whether it looks East or West.
Not only is that our shared moral duty, but it is in our strategic self-interest too. Without a process of national reconciliation in Burma, the risk of instability is real. Ethnic cease-fires look increasingly fragile. A return to conflict would have devastating humanitarian consequences, undermining regional security and leading to further refugee flows into neighboring countries and beyond.
So we must continue to exert pressure on the regime to engage all opposition and ethnic groups in a meaningful dialogue. The objective must be a fair settlement that gives ethnic groups a political voice and protects their minority rights. All prisoners of conscience — including the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — must be released without delay. Reconciliation must be geared toward the social and economic development that has long evaded the Burmese state.
This week is an opportunity for Asian and European nations to reaffirm that message. Military men must know that swapping their uniforms for suits will not change the demands of the international community. We will not be pacified by a democratic facade. Our expectations will not drop.
Nick Clegg is deputy prime minister of Britain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/opinion/04iht-edclegg.html
Thursday, 30 September 2010
PM to visit Burma next month
NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to pay a one-day visit to Burma next monthb to confirm cooperation between the two countries.
Mr Abhisit will hear the Burmese government’s plans for after the election on Nov 7 and discuss the status of former opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, other jailed prisoners and the problems of some ethnics minorities groups.
He is scheduled to visit the neighbouring country on Oct 11.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Thailand will assure Burma about the preparation of the border negotiation, connectivity, roads and bridges building as well as the progress of the roads building project at Kho Khareng which is funded by the Thai government.
“The Thai government also wants to learn more about the Burmese privatization which has just started with its state enterprises and the open market policy. We are interested to learn which sectors will be of interest to the Thai private sector and confirm our readiness to cooperate on the economic front,’’ said the foreign minister.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/198938/pm-to-visit-burma-next-month
Mr Abhisit will hear the Burmese government’s plans for after the election on Nov 7 and discuss the status of former opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, other jailed prisoners and the problems of some ethnics minorities groups.
He is scheduled to visit the neighbouring country on Oct 11.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Thailand will assure Burma about the preparation of the border negotiation, connectivity, roads and bridges building as well as the progress of the roads building project at Kho Khareng which is funded by the Thai government.
“The Thai government also wants to learn more about the Burmese privatization which has just started with its state enterprises and the open market policy. We are interested to learn which sectors will be of interest to the Thai private sector and confirm our readiness to cooperate on the economic front,’’ said the foreign minister.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/198938/pm-to-visit-burma-next-month
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Burma rejects criticism of elections
Burma's foreign minister on Tuesday rejected international criticism of the country's election insisting that the junta is committed to a "free and fair'' vote.
The minister, U Nyan Win, said the election in Burma on November 7, which the opposition has said would be a sham, was "a critical phase of its political transformation process.''
He told the UN General Assembly that more than 3,000 candidates from 37 parties would take part in the vote for 1,171 parliamentary seats.
"Such a large participation made it crystal clear that the elections become virtually inclusive,'' the minister said.
U Nyan Win made no mention of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, nor UN and international demands that she be freed for the vote.
"The people will exercise their democratic right to elect the representatives of their own choice who can serve their interest better,'' the minister said.
"With its ample experiences and lessons learned in holding multiparty general elections in the past history, Burma is confident in its ability to conduct the elections in an orderly manner.
"Whatever the challenges facing us, we are committed to do our best for the successful holding of the free and fair general elections for the best interest of the country and its people.''
A UN ministerial group said Monday that the election will not be credible unless the military rulers release Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition detainees.
The group _ which included ministers from neighbors China and India, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia as well as Britain and the United States _ "clearly reiterated the need for the election process to more inclusive, participatory and transparent,'' UN chief Ban Ki-moon said.
"Members called for steps to be taken for the release of political detainees including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,'' he added.
Source : http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/198641/burma-rejects-criticism-of-elections
The minister, U Nyan Win, said the election in Burma on November 7, which the opposition has said would be a sham, was "a critical phase of its political transformation process.''
He told the UN General Assembly that more than 3,000 candidates from 37 parties would take part in the vote for 1,171 parliamentary seats.
"Such a large participation made it crystal clear that the elections become virtually inclusive,'' the minister said.
U Nyan Win made no mention of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, nor UN and international demands that she be freed for the vote.
"The people will exercise their democratic right to elect the representatives of their own choice who can serve their interest better,'' the minister said.
"With its ample experiences and lessons learned in holding multiparty general elections in the past history, Burma is confident in its ability to conduct the elections in an orderly manner.
"Whatever the challenges facing us, we are committed to do our best for the successful holding of the free and fair general elections for the best interest of the country and its people.''
A UN ministerial group said Monday that the election will not be credible unless the military rulers release Aung San Suu Kyi and other opposition detainees.
The group _ which included ministers from neighbors China and India, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia as well as Britain and the United States _ "clearly reiterated the need for the election process to more inclusive, participatory and transparent,'' UN chief Ban Ki-moon said.
"Members called for steps to be taken for the release of political detainees including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,'' he added.
Source : http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/198641/burma-rejects-criticism-of-elections
Monday, 27 September 2010
"Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae"
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is embarking on media campaign so as to encourage everyone's participation working for democratisation of Burma. Media play important role to restore democracy in Burma so that Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is producing the video, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae", to share with all the people inside Burma so that they can have the opportunity to see two different perspectives compare with junta's propaganda video, Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar-Phu-Tae-Kyar which is full of wrong information".
In the video, there will be the information regarding why we should boycott junta's planned sham election which will be held on 7 November 2010. Addition, there will be more information about junta's unilaterally adopted sham constitution and why we must collectively lobby international governments including UNSC to to declare military entrenching constitution as NULL & VOID. This is part of the answer for Burma crisis.
For more information please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) http://www.bdcburma.org
In the video, there will be the information regarding why we should boycott junta's planned sham election which will be held on 7 November 2010. Addition, there will be more information about junta's unilaterally adopted sham constitution and why we must collectively lobby international governments including UNSC to to declare military entrenching constitution as NULL & VOID. This is part of the answer for Burma crisis.
For more information please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) http://www.bdcburma.org
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Burmese Video: "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" Ads (Sunrise Shock) 08 September 2010
Burmese Video: "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" Ads (Sunrise Shock) 08 September 2010
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today releases the Burmese video trailer, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" (Sunrise Shock).
We are humbled to present the preview of our work, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" (Sunrise Shock) video which is the collective efforts of the Burma democratic activists from UK.
We hope that this piece could be one of the corner stones when we could write the true Burma history.
We will share the video with all the democratic activists and organizations around the world as well as people inside Burma so that we can have the opportunity to see two different perspectives compare with junta's propaganda video, Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar-Phu-Tae-Kyar, with full of wrong and misleading information.
We are well aware of the challenges ahead trying to distribute our video inside Burma but we will use the modern internet technology believing that it could help us promoting the good news inside Burma.
Please see the link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRw3h...
For more information please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) http://www.bdcburma.org
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today releases the Burmese video trailer, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" (Sunrise Shock).
We are humbled to present the preview of our work, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae" (Sunrise Shock) video which is the collective efforts of the Burma democratic activists from UK.
We hope that this piece could be one of the corner stones when we could write the true Burma history.
We will share the video with all the democratic activists and organizations around the world as well as people inside Burma so that we can have the opportunity to see two different perspectives compare with junta's propaganda video, Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar-Phu-Tae-Kyar, with full of wrong and misleading information.
We are well aware of the challenges ahead trying to distribute our video inside Burma but we will use the modern internet technology believing that it could help us promoting the good news inside Burma.
Please see the link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biRw3h...
For more information please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) http://www.bdcburma.org
Friday, 10 September 2010
Burmese Video Love Scene: "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae"
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is embarking on media campaign so as to encourage everyone's participation working for democratisation of Burma. Media play important role to restore democracy in Burma so that Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) is producing the video, "Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar SHOCK Shi-Tae", to share with all the people inside Burma so that they can have the opportunity to see two different perspectives compare with junta's propaganda video, Ar-Yone-Oo-Mar-Phu-Tae-Kyar which is full of wrong information".
In the video, there will be the information regarding why we should boycott junta's planned sham election which will be held on 7 November 2010. Addition, there will be more information about junta's unilaterally adopted sham constitution and why we must collectively lobby international governments including UNSC to to declare military entrenching constitution as NULL & VOID. This is part of the answer for Burma crisis.
For more information please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) http://www.bdcburma.org
Monday, 6 September 2010
Burmese FM to Attend US-Asean Summit
Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win will attend the US-Asean summit convened by President Obama later this month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.
The White House on Friday announced that Obama will host a meeting with leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). Obama has invited the leaders of the 10 Asean member states as well the Asean secretary-general to join him for the second ever US-Asean leaders' meeting, it said.
Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win attends the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Informal Consultations in Hanoi in July. (Photo: Reuters)
Confirming that the top Burmese leader will not be attending the meeting, a senior US official said that no direct invitation was sent to Burma.
“The invitation went to the Asean chair [Vietnam], so we did not address an invitation to Burma directly,” the official told The Irrawaddy. “The Burmese have decided to send their foreign minister, Nyan Win.”
The White House said, at the first such meeting, held in Singapore in November 2009, Obama and the Asean leaders pledged to deepen cooperation in a number of areas of common concern, including trade and investment, regional security, disaster management, food and energy security, and climate change.
“The President looks forward to working with the leaders to assess the progress on these issues, to identify future efforts to strengthen US-Asean relations, and discuss multilateral approaches for greater regional cooperation,” the White House said.
It is understood that Obama will discuss the upcoming election in Burma, which the US has said lacks credibility.
Of late, the Obama administration has shown signs of adopting a stronger position against Burma; given that a year ago it had adopted a new policy of simultaneous engagement with and economic sanctions on Burma.
The US had two rounds of talks with the military junta, however top US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, expressed frustration over the response of the junta toward a credible and transparent election and the release of all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19380
The White House on Friday announced that Obama will host a meeting with leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). Obama has invited the leaders of the 10 Asean member states as well the Asean secretary-general to join him for the second ever US-Asean leaders' meeting, it said.
Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win attends the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Informal Consultations in Hanoi in July. (Photo: Reuters)
Confirming that the top Burmese leader will not be attending the meeting, a senior US official said that no direct invitation was sent to Burma.
“The invitation went to the Asean chair [Vietnam], so we did not address an invitation to Burma directly,” the official told The Irrawaddy. “The Burmese have decided to send their foreign minister, Nyan Win.”
The White House said, at the first such meeting, held in Singapore in November 2009, Obama and the Asean leaders pledged to deepen cooperation in a number of areas of common concern, including trade and investment, regional security, disaster management, food and energy security, and climate change.
“The President looks forward to working with the leaders to assess the progress on these issues, to identify future efforts to strengthen US-Asean relations, and discuss multilateral approaches for greater regional cooperation,” the White House said.
It is understood that Obama will discuss the upcoming election in Burma, which the US has said lacks credibility.
Of late, the Obama administration has shown signs of adopting a stronger position against Burma; given that a year ago it had adopted a new policy of simultaneous engagement with and economic sanctions on Burma.
The US had two rounds of talks with the military junta, however top US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, expressed frustration over the response of the junta toward a credible and transparent election and the release of all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19380
Thursday, 2 September 2010
"Lifeline service": BBC Burmese marks 70th anniversary
"Lifeline service": BBC Burmese marks 70th anniversary
By Bethan Jinkinson
BBC News
Burma's first post-Independence Prime Minister U Nu appeared on the BBC Burmese service in 1947
As the BBC Burmese service broadcast a programme marking its 70th anniversary, Sandhobasa, a monk, called in to say that he had been listening for more than two decades.
The broadcasts enriched his knowledge, he said, and he had become attached to them. He could, he said, name the day when every presenter joined or left the BBC.
Founded in 1940, the service has covered independence, uprisings and long years of military rule.
Small teams based in Bangkok and London's Bush House broadcast to an estimated 22.9% of Burma's adult population, and in times of national crisis these figures soar.
"The BBC plays a massive role in bringing accurate, impartial information to the people of Burma," says Soe Win Than, one of the editors at the service.
"People inside Burma cannot get free information. We are a lifeline service."
Essential listening
Last year Burma was voted 5th worst in the world in terms of media freedom by Reporters Without Borders; local media is heavily censored.
The BBC began broadcasting to Burma in 1940, when Burma was still part of the British empire
Soe Win Than says this is particularly true in times of crisis, such as during the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, or the 2007 protests led by monks.
"During the uprising the government slowed down the internet connections and blocked access," he says.
"People tuned in to the BBC to find out what was happening - and our listenership skyrocketed."
This also happened in August 1988, when hundreds of thousands of people took part in pro-democracy protests across the country.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
The people of Burma are deprived of the privilege of free information”
Soe Win Than
BBC Burmese service
Former student leader Aung Myo Tun said that during that time he listened to the BBC every day.
But it is not only in times of crisis that the BBC is essential listening in Burma.
Sit Maw, a 19 year-old student living in Burma's commercial capital Rangoon, is one of an estimated 8.3 million weekly listeners in Burma.
"The information in my country is not good," he says. "Most news is controlled by the government."
"We need free information about what is happening inside and outside the country and in the world today. That's why I listen to the BBC. "
His view is confirmed by research.
"Independent surveys also show that BBC Burmese has established itself as the most trusted, reliable source of information in Burma, says the BBC's Director of Global News, Peter Horrocks.
"It's not an exaggeration to say that its broadcasts have helped to keep the Burmese people informed - and empowered."
Huge following
In their weekly Have Your Say programme, listeners from inside Burma as well as countries like Bangladesh, Thailand and Japan call in to to take part in discussion.
"The people of Burma are deprived of the privilege of free information," says Soe Win Than.
Presenter Ne Win (R) was one of the service's best known voices; he retired in 1995
"The government in Burma is so paranoid that they censor publications with dark covers, as they believe they imply that Burma is still in the dark ages."
"Our Have Your Say programme gives the Burmese people a forum, a chance to talk about a range of topics, including politics."
BBC Burmese do not only broadcast radio. They also have a Burmese language website, and receive many emails a day.
They have just launched a newsletter aimed at Burmese migrants on the Thai-Burma border.
Not surprisingly BBC journalists enjoy a huge following in Burma.
"Every journalist in Burma wants to work for the BBC" says producer Moe Myint, one of the younger members of the team. "Nobody can compete in terms of audience or reputation."
But for those who work for the BBC, there is a personal cost. Moe Myint says that whenever he returns to Burma he is followed by the authorities "everywhere I go".
Several BBC Burmese journalists have experienced difficult circumstances due to the political situation in Burma.
Nita May spent three years in the notorious Insein prison, where she gave birth to a son.
Another member of staff took part in the student uprising in 1988 and had to escape through the jungles on the Thai-Burma border.
Now as journalists in London and Bangkok, they provide an essential link to the outside world for a country starved of independent news.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11164597
By Bethan Jinkinson
BBC News
Burma's first post-Independence Prime Minister U Nu appeared on the BBC Burmese service in 1947
As the BBC Burmese service broadcast a programme marking its 70th anniversary, Sandhobasa, a monk, called in to say that he had been listening for more than two decades.
The broadcasts enriched his knowledge, he said, and he had become attached to them. He could, he said, name the day when every presenter joined or left the BBC.
Founded in 1940, the service has covered independence, uprisings and long years of military rule.
Small teams based in Bangkok and London's Bush House broadcast to an estimated 22.9% of Burma's adult population, and in times of national crisis these figures soar.
"The BBC plays a massive role in bringing accurate, impartial information to the people of Burma," says Soe Win Than, one of the editors at the service.
"People inside Burma cannot get free information. We are a lifeline service."
Essential listening
Last year Burma was voted 5th worst in the world in terms of media freedom by Reporters Without Borders; local media is heavily censored.
The BBC began broadcasting to Burma in 1940, when Burma was still part of the British empire
Soe Win Than says this is particularly true in times of crisis, such as during the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, or the 2007 protests led by monks.
"During the uprising the government slowed down the internet connections and blocked access," he says.
"People tuned in to the BBC to find out what was happening - and our listenership skyrocketed."
This also happened in August 1988, when hundreds of thousands of people took part in pro-democracy protests across the country.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
The people of Burma are deprived of the privilege of free information”
Soe Win Than
BBC Burmese service
Former student leader Aung Myo Tun said that during that time he listened to the BBC every day.
But it is not only in times of crisis that the BBC is essential listening in Burma.
Sit Maw, a 19 year-old student living in Burma's commercial capital Rangoon, is one of an estimated 8.3 million weekly listeners in Burma.
"The information in my country is not good," he says. "Most news is controlled by the government."
"We need free information about what is happening inside and outside the country and in the world today. That's why I listen to the BBC. "
His view is confirmed by research.
"Independent surveys also show that BBC Burmese has established itself as the most trusted, reliable source of information in Burma, says the BBC's Director of Global News, Peter Horrocks.
"It's not an exaggeration to say that its broadcasts have helped to keep the Burmese people informed - and empowered."
Huge following
In their weekly Have Your Say programme, listeners from inside Burma as well as countries like Bangladesh, Thailand and Japan call in to to take part in discussion.
"The people of Burma are deprived of the privilege of free information," says Soe Win Than.
Presenter Ne Win (R) was one of the service's best known voices; he retired in 1995
"The government in Burma is so paranoid that they censor publications with dark covers, as they believe they imply that Burma is still in the dark ages."
"Our Have Your Say programme gives the Burmese people a forum, a chance to talk about a range of topics, including politics."
BBC Burmese do not only broadcast radio. They also have a Burmese language website, and receive many emails a day.
They have just launched a newsletter aimed at Burmese migrants on the Thai-Burma border.
Not surprisingly BBC journalists enjoy a huge following in Burma.
"Every journalist in Burma wants to work for the BBC" says producer Moe Myint, one of the younger members of the team. "Nobody can compete in terms of audience or reputation."
But for those who work for the BBC, there is a personal cost. Moe Myint says that whenever he returns to Burma he is followed by the authorities "everywhere I go".
Several BBC Burmese journalists have experienced difficult circumstances due to the political situation in Burma.
Nita May spent three years in the notorious Insein prison, where she gave birth to a son.
Another member of staff took part in the student uprising in 1988 and had to escape through the jungles on the Thai-Burma border.
Now as journalists in London and Bangkok, they provide an essential link to the outside world for a country starved of independent news.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11164597
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