New
By:
Independent Mon News Agency
New Mon State Party (NMSP) General Secretary refused what
Burmese government accuses on eight of their soldiers as criminals for scary
people by guns in collecting tax money.
The NMSP Leader said that eight soldiers who have been
accused as criminals and arrested by the SPDC authorities in Ye township, Mon
State are Nai Ron Nai, Nai Tala Lawi,
Nai Aung Yin and five others on June 29, on the day
of 9th anniversary of NMSP cease-fire with regime.
“These people who have been accused can be sentenced for
eight years term imprisonment as Burmese Army accused them as criminals” he
added.
Nai Hong Sar, NMSP General Secretary
said “we are not forcing our people to pay money as yearly tax. Our people know
their responsibilities to help us as much as they can, for our nations or
movement”.
Nai Mon
Chan (not real name) who said in anonymous situation because of fear said “from
my experience, I have never seen NMSP soldiers are scaring the people with gun
to get money. Of course sometimes some Mon soldiers made verbal abuses to the
villagers when collecting money but not with guns”.
He also added “for our people, if we have money, NMSP even
don’t need to force us. We give them without hesitate and support them but for
some people who don’t have money they can’t give. So, it seems they are not
supporting to NMSP.”
Nai Hong
Sar said that it is our jobs to ask for help from our
people to work for our nations. It is just between us and our people. If
Burmese military stop us, it means that they destroy our revolution. “For our
members, collecting money and asking for help from the people is normal. It is not a crime”.
Nai
Hong Sar added, “we have already informed military government before our
members going to collect money from the villagers. We have been asking for
supporting money since we have cease-fire with government in 1995 to until now.
But, this year, although we have informed them, our officials were still
arrested. May be they just wanted to arrest because they don’t like what we
stand with other cease-fire groups in the National Convention”.
“On this case, if they want to blame,
just blame the leaders. They should not blame and create problems to our
soldiers”, said Nai Hong Sar.
He also said that they have asked the regime’s Prime
Minister,
A NMSP member said “if our leaders can’t negotiate
for releasing of our eight soldiers, the others soldiers will decrease the
party activities in the future.
Nai Hong Sar said “we think we
can negotiate with government to release our soldiers. But we can’t say when
they will release”.
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