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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was reunited Tuesday with her youngest son she last saw a decade ago, in an emotional moment at the Yangon airport 10 days after she was released from detention.
Kim Aris, 33, was finally granted a visa by the military regime after waiting for several weeks in neighboring Thailand. Just before walking into the airport terminal, the 65-year old Suu Kyi, who was released Nov. 13 after more than seven years under house arrest, told reporters, “I am very happy.”
Tears welled up in Suu Kyi’s eyes when she first saw her son. A smiling Suu Kyi slipped her arm around his waist as the two posed briefly for photographers and then they walked out of the airport holding hands.
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Clearly showing support for his mother’s cause, Aris bared his left arm before airport security and the public to reveal a tattoo of the flag and symbol of Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy. Suu Kyi looked at it closely and smiled. The flag and symbol feature a fighting peacock and a star.
Through her lawyer Nyan Win, Suu Kyi thanked the authorities for issuing the visa to her son, who resides in Britain and last saw his mother in December 2000. He has repeatedly been denied visas ever since by the ruling junta.
‘I knew there would be problems’
Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace prize for her nonviolent struggle for democracy, was first arrested in 1989 when Kim was 11 and elder son Alexander 16. She has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years.
In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Suu Kyi acknowledged that her years of political work had been difficult for her family.
“I knew there would be problems,” she said of her mid-life decision to go into politics. “If you make the choice you have to be prepared to accept the consequences.”
Suu Kyi, who was largely raised overseas, married the British academic Michael Aris and raised their two sons in England.
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But in 1988, at age 43, she returned home to take care of her ailing mother as mass demonstrations were breaking out against military rule. She was quickly thrust into a leadership role, mainly because she was the daughter of Aung San, the country’s martyred founding father.
Elder son Alexander accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on his mother’s behalf in 1991 — while she was serving an earlier term of house arrest — and reportedly lives in the United States.
Michael Aris died of prostate cancer in 1999 at age 53, after having been denied visas to see his wife for the three years leading up to his death. Suu Kyi has never met her two grandchildren.
While her family supported her, she said her sons had suffered particularly badly.
“They haven’t done very well after the breakup of the family, especially after their father died, because Michael was a very good father,” she said. “Once he was no longer there, things were not as easy as they might have been.”
But she added that she always had their support: “My sons are very good to me,” she said. “They’ve been very kind and understanding all along.”
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Advertisement | ad infoLESTER HOLT, anchor: Another story of freedom that has captured the world’s attention tonight, the story of Aung San Suu Kyi . The pro-democracy leader was released from house arrest yesterday, triggering a wave of thousands of people to rush to her home, as you saw in this broadcast last night. It happened in Myanmar . Some still call it Burma . And the question there tonight is, what’s next? Our report tonight from John Irvine of our British broadcasting partner, ITN .
JOHN IRVINE reporting: Aung San Suu Kyi leaving home a free woman for the first time in seven years. Quickly word spread around Rangoon the lady was out and about heading to a political rally. If she was hoping for a low-key drive to party headquarters, well, it just hasn’t worked out that way. She’s managed to bring the center of Rangoon virtually to a standstill. When she finally made it to her party offices, there were thousands of well wishers. Her affinity with the masses appears to be undiminished. But how might she choose to harness her appeal? Interestingly, she told the crowd that she bore her jailers no ill will. Later, at a chaotic news conference, I asked her about future relations with Burma ‘s generals. How are you going to use your moral authority? Are you willing to compromise with Burma ‘s rulers, or will your opposition be totally?
Mr. AUNG SAN SUU KYI: I certainly would not like to use whatever authority I have, moral or otherwise, to incite hatred. This is what we should not do. I am for national reconciliation.
IRVINE: So far she has chosen her words carefully and has not openly criticized Burma ‘s regime. She says the generals have nothing to fear from her. But she’s not what they’re afraid of, it’s her popularity.
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Myanmar, a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia, has been under military rule since 1962. Formerly known as Burma, the resource-rich former British colony has spent most of its post-independence history under authoritarian dictatorships. Perhaps its most famous citizen is democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Click on the dates below to find out more.
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP): Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was reunited Tuesday with a son she last saw a decade ago, in an emotional moment at the Yangon airport 10 days after she was released from detention.
Kim Aris, 33, was finally granted a visa by the military regime after waiting for several weeks in neighboring Thailand. Just before walking into the airport terminal, the 65-year old Suu Kyi, who was released Nov. 13 after more than seven years under house arrest, told reporters, “I am very happy.”
A smiling Suu Kyi slipped her arm around her son’s waist as the two posed briefly for photographers.
Through her lawyer Nyan Win, Suu Kyi thanked the authorities for issuing the visa to her son, who resides in Britain and last saw his mother in December 2000. He has repeatedly been denied visas ever since by the ruling junta.
Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace prize for her nonviolent struggle for democracy, was first arrested in 1989 when Kim was 11 and elder son Alexander 16. She has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years.
In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Suu Kyi acknowledged that her years of political work had been difficult for her family.
“I knew there would be problems,” she said of her mid-life decision to go into politics. “If you make the choice you have to be prepared to accept the consequences.”
Suu Kyi, who was largely raised overseas, married the British academic Michael Aris and raised their two sons in England.
But in 1988, at age 43, she returned home to take care of her ailing mother as mass demonstrations were breaking out against military rule. She was quickly thrust into a leadership role, mainly because she was the daughter of Aung San, the country’s martyred founding father.
Elder son Alexander accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on his mother’s behalf in 1991 – while she was serving an earlier term of house arrest – and reportedly lives in the United States.
Michael Aris died of prostate cancer in 1999 at age 53, after having been denied visas to see his wife for the three years leading up to his death. Suu Kyi has never met her two grandchildren.
While her family supported her, she said her sons had suffered particularly badly.
“They haven’t done very well after the breakup of the family, especially after their father died, because Michael was a very good father,” she said. “Once he was no longer there, things were not as easy as they might have been.”
But she added that she always had their support: “My sons are very good to me,” she said. “They’ve been very kind and understanding all along.”
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He also said: “The Malaysian government is hoping the release this time is ‘final’ as there have been previous episodes where her freedom was shortlived.”
I hope this flicker of democracy will grow to be a beacon of freedom and equality for the people of Myanmar.
Like her heroes Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, and the South African leader Nelson Mandela before her, Suu Kyi, has come to be seen internationally as a symbol of peace striving to free her nation from authoritarian rule.
Countries from around the world, some more vocal than others, have for more than two decades, consistently called on the Myanmar regime to return the country to democracy and to free Suu Kyi and the more than 2,000 political prisoners still under detention.
I was privileged to meet with Suu Kyi on three occasions between 1999-2001 as part of the United Nations/International Labour Organisation missions to Myanmar on fundamental principles and rights at work, particularly on the issue of forced labour.
Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace laureate, has always been steadfast and clear in delivering her message to the ruling military junta, the Myanmar people and the international community.
She has all along called for open and free dialogue and negotiations among the rulers, all political parties and the minority ethnic groups to resolve their differences and reach a workable arrangement to restore the country to democracy.
Suu Kyi calls freedom from fear as proof of a true and working democracy.
She places perseverance above patience, and the plight of her people who have and continue to suffer much above her own prolonged and unjust incarceration and the severe limitations and restrictions imposed on her.
For the people of Myanmar, Suu Kyi represents their best and perhaps sole hope that one day there will be an end to the country’s denial of the rights of its people and that all Myanmar citizens can live and pursue their well-being and development in conditions of freedom, equality, peace and security.
RUEBEN DUDLEY
Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
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“Kami harap perkara ini tidak akan berulang terhadap pelarian ini memandangkan kami tidak berada dalam kategori yang sama dengan pekerja asing tanpa izin,” katanya dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.
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Zafar (kanan) mengulas kenyataan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pada Khamis lalu bahawa kerajaan bercadang memberi pengampunan kepada pekerja asing tanpa izin selepas sistem pengenalan biometrik diperkemaskan.
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Beliau turut merayu kepada kerajaan supaya membenarkan pelarian itu bekerja sementara menunggu UNHCR mencari penyelesaian yang berpanjangan untuk mereka.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Nov (Bernama) — Kaum Rohingya, yang sudah bertahun-tahun menjadi pelarian, menyandarkan harapan sangat tinggi kepada pemimpin prodemokrasi Myanmar yang dibebaskan daripada tahanan di rumah Sabtu lepas, Aung San Suu Kyi untuk mendapatkan kembali kerakyatan dan pulang ke tanah air.
Presiden Pertubuhan Hak Asasi Manusia Etnik Rohingya Myanmar di Malaysia (MERHROM), Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani berkata kaum Rohingya amat berharap agar Suu Kyi dapat melakukan sesuatu supaya kaum Rohingya diiktiraf sebagai rakyat sah di negara sendiri sekaligus menikmati kemudahan dan hak sama rata seperti kaum lain.
“Bertahun lamanya hak kami sebagai rakyat Myanmar dinafikan pemerintahan junta tentera, malah kami juga tidak mempunyai peluang dan hak yang sama seperti dinikmati oleh kaum lain di negara itu,” katanya kepada Bernama ketika dihubungi hari Isnin.
Zafar Ahmad, yang pada masa sama menyambut baik pembebasan Suu Kyi, berkata melihat kepada pengaruh kuat serta sifat ketokohan yang ada pada pemimpin itu, beliau yakin Suu Kyi mampu memperjuangkan keadilan bagi kaum itu.
“Suu Kyi merupakan pemimpin yang berjuang demi rakyat, dan perjuangannya bukan berdasarkan mana-mana kaum dan bersandarkan kepada itu kami yakin, kami tidak salah memilih orang yang diharapkan bagi mengembalikan hak kami,” katanya.
Suu Kyi, 65, dibebaskan selepas tujuh tahun dikenakan tahanan rumah oleh pemerintah junta tentera Myanmar. Pembebasannya disambut baik oleh kebanyakan pihak.
Kaum Rohingya, yang merupakan satu kumpulan etnik di utara Myanmar, mendapatkan perlindungan di negara luar berikutan keadaan politik dan sosial yang tidak menentu di tanah air mereka di wilayah Arakan.
Lebih 250,000 kaum Rohingya, kebanyakannya orang Islam, didaftarkan sebagai pelarian pada 1991-1992 dan diberikan perlindungan di khemah-khemah pelarian di Bangladesh dengan bantuan Suruhanjaya Tinggi bagi Pelarian Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNHCR).
Mengimbas kembali penderitaan dialami oleh kaum itu, Zafar Ahmad yang berketurunan Rohingya, berkata daripada 37 etnik yang menghuni Myanmar, etnik Rohingya satu-satunya kaum yang tidak diiktiraf oleh kerajaan itu.
Ini menyebabkan mereka tidak mendapat kemudahan dan hak yang sama sebagaimana kaum-kaum lain seperti kemudahan pendidikan dan pekerjaan lebih baik.
“Ramai juga kanak-kanak tidak dapat pergi ke sekolah manakala orang dewasa pula hanya dibenarkan menjadi tenaga buruh kepada junta tentera dengan upah sedikit dan jika didapati ada kaum Rohingya yang bekerja selain daripada buruh, mereka akan ditangkap dan dihukum oleh pihak berkuasa,” katanya yang mendapat suaka politik daripada UNHCR bagi menetap di negara ini sejak tahun 1992.
Penderitaan yang dialami menyebabkan kira-kira 1.5 juta kaum itu terpaksa menjadi pelarian ke beberapa negara termasuk Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand dan Malaysia bagi mencari kehidupan lebih baik.
“Seramai 25,000 pelarian Rohingya berada di negara ini, Bangladesh 300,000 orang, Pakistan 500,000 orang, Thailand 100,000 orang dan Arab Saudi 700,000 orang,” katanya yang beristerikan rakyat Malaysia.
Sebagai wakil kaum Rohingya di negara ini, Zafar Ahmad berharap Suu Kyi segera mengatur langkah bagi mengembalikan semula sistem demokrasi dengan mendapatkan sokongan serta bantuan daripada pemimpin-pemimpin Asean yang lain.
“Mengembalikan sistem demokrasi di negara yang kini dikuasai junta tentera yang mengamalkan pemerintahan zalim memerlukan usaha dan pertolongan semua pihak, tetapi kami sebagai rakyat dan penyokong Suu Kyi yakin, dengan semangat ketokohan yang ada padanya, ia mampu dilakukan.
“Perjuangan beliau baru sahaja bermula, begitu juga dengan kami. Walaupun kami tidak dapat berjuang bersama-sama beliau di tanah air, tetapi semangat dan perjuangan kami adalah seiring dengan beliau yang mahukan pemerintahan zalim junta tentera ditamatkan sekaligus memberi harapan kepada Myanmar yang baru dan maju dapat direalisasikan,” katanya.
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Refugees dying to work
Refugees dying to work
Refugees dying to work
NST ( 17 February 2010)
The refugees and asylum seekers in the country are willing to do whatever it takes to make ends meet. The Rohingyas, for example, will jump at any opportunity to be given gainful employment.
Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organisation Malaysia (MERHROM) president Zafar Ahmead says the refugees have been surviving here with great difficulty.
“The government doesn’t allow us to work. “We survive and make a living scrounging for jobs from the public.We work part-time,do odd jobs, help out at business and constructionsites.”
Zafar says that there are never any guarantees for the community’s safety, with detention by police and Rela personnel a possibility at any time.
Zafar says any jobs that are opened up to them will be” of interest”.
“If the government gives us these jobs, we will be very happy.
“We are not demanding for cushy jobs in air-conditioned offices. We just want the opportunity to work and make a better life for ourselves”.
As of January, there are 79,300 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) in Malaysia.
There are 20,000 more unregistered refugees and asylum-seekers.
They may just get what they want.
The human Resources Ministry had on Monday said that it would present to the cabinet another proposal allowing the 90,000-odd refugees in the country to work.
Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said he had put up a case to the cabinet some time ago, but no decision was taken then.
He believed that it would be a good move to employ them. Subramaniam had said utilising refugees as a workforce while they waited to be resettled elsewhere would also prove benelicial to the country’s economics well-being.
However, former Immigration Department enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohammed begs to differ.
“We can given them work, but who will stop the other refugees from coming in? “They will come here, saying they want to visit Malaysia and then claim refugees status and say they want to work,”he says , adding that they would next settle down and demand citizenship.
Ishak says the UNCHR will not lifta finger to relocate the refugees to other countries if such a situation comes to pass. He says giving them jobs here will not solve their problems and it is up to developed countries to help them out.
UNCHR spokeperson Yante Ismail says the organisation is pleased that Malaysia is considering allowing refugees to work.
“We believe this is in the lon-term humanitarian, economic and security interest of Malaysia and consistent with Malaysia’s own humanitarian tradition in helping those in need.We look forward to supporting the government of Malaysia in the initiative.”
Yante adds that UNCHR in Malaysia continues to push for long-term solutions for all refugees including finding them homes in third countries and helping them return home safety.
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| London, 01 October, (Asiantribune.com): US Congressman Christopher Smith has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on Burma’s military regime to immediately recognize the Rohingya people “as full and equal citizens of Burma”, and to lift all restrictions on movement, marriage and access to education. The resolution also calls for an end to the regime’s campaign of religious and ethnic persecution “amounting to crimes against humanity throughout Burma”. Congressman Smith met Maung Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), earlier this year, during a visit to Washington DC organized by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Speaking about today’s resolution, Congressman Smith said, “This legislation underscores the plight and human rights abuses endured by the Rohingyas with the hope and expectation that the light of scrutiny will result in new actions by the many governments that can and should provide assistance and refuge to the Rohingyas. It is an international call to action to alleviate their suffering and persecution in every way that we can.” In addition to highlighting the suffering of the Rohingyas in Burma, the resolution urges the government of Bangladesh to address “the dire humanitarian conditions and food insecurity in the makeshift camps” along its border with Burma, in co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and to “desist from forcing unregistered Rohingya to return to Burma”. It also highlights the situation of Rohingyas in Saudi Arabia, and urges the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to allow Rohingyas “access to education and livelihoods”. Addressing Burma’s crimes against humanity, the resolution urges the United States Government to “proactively support” the recommendation by the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma for the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry. Maung Tun Khin, President of BROUK, said, “This is an extremely important resolution, not only for the Rohingya people but for all the people of Burma. We are in full support of the call for a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity committed by the regime against its people, and we are grateful to Congressman Smith for his support.” CSW’s East Asia Team Leader Benedict Rogers said, “We are delighted that Congressman Smith has introduced this very important resolution, which is the first time the plight of the Rohingyas has been given such attention. We hope that the regime in Burma will sit up, listen, end the cruel and dehumanizing treatment of the Rohingya people and restore their citizenship. We hope the Bangladeshi government will take action to improve the plight of Rohingya refugees, and that the United States will make the Rohingyas’ situation a priority.” - Asian Tribune - |
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