PRESS STATEMENT
19th June 2009
Dear Chief Editor,
DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S 64th BIRTHDAY – AN INTERPRETATION OF A BARBARIC MILITARY RULER.
Today is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th Birthday but this date is not to be celebrated by her or the people of Burma. All the people of Burma are waiting for her release at the end of May 2009. The day that bring change to the future of the people of Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi is going to have power but junta will never allow this to happen in order to sustain their power. Despite of her release she was arrested again and facing 5-7 years imprisonment.
Despite of the International pressure, the military junta remains stubborn and arrogant. The International pressure does not have any impact on Aung San Suu Kyi’s plight. Recently the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and his Special Envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari have received a petition from over 670 000 people around the world urging them to pressure military junta to release all political prisoners. The signatures were collected in 220 countries. It was very sad to see very small number of the world population supporting the petition to release the political prisoners. The Burmese people are hoping for more support and pressure from the International Community to bring change in Burma.
We hope for the bright future with the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, but we were taken backward with her unjustified arrest. There must be a genuine effort to end the gross human rights violations in Burma.
Today the people around the world celebrate her birthday but it was meaningless with her being in the prison waiting for the sentence. She suffered from health problems while in the prison. But we do not know whether she have the access to medical treatment or not. Together with her, there were another 2100 political prisoners in the prisons. They were continuously abused and tortured by the military junta and being in the prison for a very long period.
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingyas Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM) urges the United Nations to take stern action against the military ruler. The General Than Shwe and others involved must be brought to the International Court of Justice for the humanitarian crime they committed. The delay in doing this will only allow them to kill more people and increase the number of the Burmese refugees in the region.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani
President Of Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM)
Tel No: 016-6827287
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingyas Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM) 