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(1)International Women's day in
(2)KNPP attacks KNPLF camp and seizes weapons (In
Burmese)
(3) ENC enforces CF groups demands
(In Burmese)
(4) Seized cars are Hkun Htun Oo's
(5) Ferry porter service drivers ordered to transport
government servants
(6) Who will chair ASEAN in 2006
(7) Toward Understanding Rohingya
(Article)
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*** Note: For Burmese story please read it in www.bnionline.net.***
Seized cars are Hkun Htun Oo's
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S.H.A.N
"The six automobiles confiscated by junta authorities
on Feb. 28
belonged to the
OCS, like many of you in
Pepsi-Cola," the source explained in response to a S.H.A.N. question as
to why some of them reportedly bore
OCS labels. "It means he was the
owner of the whole OCS
operation in
might carry OCS logos but all of
them belonged to him.".
"Of course, they no longer are his anymore," he
added, "now that they
have taken them away."
S.H.A.N.'s contact at the
Chiangmai-based Japanese consulate was not
available for comment.
Hkun Htoon
Oo, leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
since 1989 and country
representative of OCS since 1984, was arrested on
Feb. 9 for reasons still yet to be spelled
out by
The Rangoon OCS office was ordered to close on Feb. 14.
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Ferry porter service
drivers ordered to transport government servants
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Independent Mon News Agency
Thirty-seven trucks were forcibly used to transport
immigration
officials and police officers in rotation
for their government duties in
Three
association member.
When LB No. 846, a new rotating battalion under the Western Command,
arrived in
trucks to transport the government
servants based in
to their original administrative
townships in Karen or Mon states.
Every association of truckers agreed to provide trucks
because they were
ordered to and could not refuse.
“They ordered that we must complete the transport of the
government
servants,” said the person In
charge of the Car Association. The Car
Association in
along the Three Pagoda PassThanbyuzayat road, which is about 70 miles
long.
From March 3 to 10 the commanders forced drivers to
transport the
personnel within seven days
according to the order. The drivers or
owners did not receive any fuel for
their vehicals to use during the
transport of servants, but the Car
Association concerned had to fill them.
“If we go as a car porter service (for them), we could
travel without
troubles next time,” said Nai Jor, a truck driver.
The local truck associations forced to become involved in
this
transportation were Ramanya, Thanmyamtu, Htaw-mae-par, Pan-ya-gone and
Aung-nan-daw transport ferry
association offices base in Three Pagoda
Pass border town and most of the car owners and drivers are
from Mon and
Karen states.
The troops in
transport a vehicle porter service
for battalion activities. Normally
thay
provide fuel when they use it on a daily basis to truck owners,but
this time they did not provide
fuel.
Since March 3 when Karen State Peace and Development Council
Chairman U
Tun Thein
and Secretary U Nu Lwin
arrived at
trucks that use the Three Pagoda PassThanbyuzayat motor road have been
ordered to cease their
travel. Some cars/ trucks are blocked half-way,
accordingly to a source.
Similar to the rotation duties of Burmese Army troops, the
PDC also exchanges their government servants in this border
town at a
set time.
The SPDC does not appoint the permanent government servants
and military
battalion in this border town but
exchanges them from Karen state and
other areas of
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Who will chair ASEAN
in 2006
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Kaladan News
Dated:
country will chair the ASEAN
countries in 2006.
people are having a tough time
because the SPDC doesn’t need to
establish democracy in the country,
says AFK Jilani, organizing
secretary of the Northern Arakan National League for Democracy.
the ASEAN meeting will be held in
active role befitting ASEAN
member states? he further added.
Naturally, restoration of democracy and allowing rule of law
and social
justice in
enables
no longer be held back, as happened
in
Communist States, he said.
On Feb. 17, the first step of then prime
minister General Khin Nyunt’s
masterpiece road map for democracy
called the “National Convention” was
reconvened despite scores of
critical rhetoric from different quarters.
The ruling military junta wants a national convention where
military
leaders, the National Leaque for Democracy and ethnic groups cordially
negotiate a new administration,
Burma Prime Minister General Soe Win and
Foreign Minister Nyan Win began
touring neighboring countries, the
cooperation.
On March 2, politicians from six of 10 ASEAN member
countries --
meeting at Parliament House in
next chair of ASEAN because
problems for several ASEAN member
countries by forcing many of its
citizens into exile and displacing
people from their homes, Thai Senator
Kraisak Choonhawan
said at a meeting at Parliament House in Bankok Feb. 2.
On Feb. 3, Sen. Miriam Santiago, chairman of the Philippine
Senate
Committee on foreign relations, urged the senate to pass a
resolution
asking
ruling junta frees detained
opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and
allows her political party to
participate in the political process in
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Toward Understanding Rohingya
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(By Shau Khat
alias MSK Jilani),
The name "Rohingya " was not given by separatists or fundamentalists
from angladesh
after 1993-1994. The word "Rohingya" was a
legitimate and
recognized word during periods of
democratic rule in
The word Rohingya comes from
"Rohang," the original and ancient name of
Arakan. Today, some Arakanese-Rakhine
educated people are not interested
in really understanding the word Rohingya and its actual meaning.
A Rakhine educated person wrote to a friend that he had never heard the
word "Rohingya"' and no Burmese government had ever
mentioned the
Rohingya and also charged that Rohingyas are fighting with Rakhine
people and against them.
After reading their messages I realized these allegations
were baseless,
false, fabricated and inaccurate. Rohingyas today fight the central SPDC
government for their rights of
citizenship and liberty. It is absolutely
wrong for educated persons to make
accusations against the Rohingya
ethnic group despite knowing the
real facts of the irRohingya origin.
As for me, I would like to ask them if they really want to
know about
Arakan and its people. Do they know about the past democratic government
recommendation and recognition of Rohingya people? Do they understand
the true history of Arakan? Do they ever try to comprehend the
background of Rohingya?
Historically, they must really accept and understand that Rohingyas were
recognized by the previous
democratic government (1948-1964). Rohingyas
even had the right to vote and be
elected in general elections to choose
their parliamentarians in Arakan constituencies, according to Burmese
history written by Burmese
officials and historians. Do they know these
facts?
Even after the SLORC/ SPDC came to power in 1988, SLORC held
a
multi-party general election
throughout the country in May 1990, in
which all Rohingyas
were allowed to vote. Four Rohingyas won
parliamentary seats from different
constituencies in north Arakan. If
the Rohingyas
are not recognized as citizens, why did the SLORC
government allow Rohingyas to participate in the election? This is a
considerable factor to realize
everybody. If there is no concrete fact
against Rohingyas,
why is it so hard to accept them?
I wish Rakhine educated persons
would study Rohingya to become
creditable and outstanding
politicians doing research on the history of
Arakan and Rohingya
subjects with a positive view for the advantage of
all Arakanese
people.
You Rakhine educated persons have
to think of sufficient grounds at your
level best before denying the root
causes and reality of a civil society
such as Rohingyas
who are now heading toward disappearing and wiping out
the entire Rohingya
generation from Arakan by your foolish mood and
selfish acts. You cannot "disappear " the entire Rohingya
generation
from the history aspect by any way.
Rohingyas are the ancient people of
Arakan and their original arrival
in Arakan since A.D. 800 according to
Burmese history by U Kyi.
Rohingya belongs to Arakan and Arakan belongs to Rohingya with its
sister community , the Rakhine people.
Nowadays, international communities as well as world
statesmen already
know the facts and current
situation of Rohingyas in Arakan.
You cannot
yourself determine Rohingya’s fate and their accurate history by
branding them with contaminated
colors. It will be bad dream for those
trying to eliminate Rohingyas from their Arakan
motherland. Rohingyas
have been living there from time
immemorial, since Arakan existed.
In Arakan, Rohingyas
(Muslims) and Rakhines (Buddhists) are two major
communities. They have co-existed
with peace and amity over centuries
like twin brothers. They jointly
developed their beloved country and
defended it from external
aggression while maintaining close relations
with Muslim
and politics. Burmese envied the Arakan, particularly in the
period of
their greatest strength and
prosperity.
Unfortunately, relations between these two sister communities began to
grow bitter, at the instigation of
third parties such as British
colonialists followed by Burman Thakin leaders. The bitterness was
fuelled by the pogram
of
Rohingyas were massacred and about
80,000 had to flee their sacred
motherland. Due to the divide and
rule policy of alien powers today,
Rakhine - Rohingya
relations have become increasingly strained and they
have become unfriendly and do not
trust each other. It is ironic that
the Rakhines
are always at loggerheads with the Rohingyas under
the
patronage of the administration.
The Rakhines with the government often
use every opportunity to argue or
fight against Rohingyas.
An astonishing number of Rakhines
who include writers, professionals,
businessmen and students etc. have
been striving hard to eliminate
Rohingya people from the soil of Arakan by lending active cooperation
and all-out support to the
government,, even the present most
irresponsible dictatorial, brutal
and oppressive military regime better
known as SLORC/SPDC which has
persistently rejected the ethnic Rohingyas
right to nationality and having
peaceful
livies in
their home-land of Arakan.
Inside and outside Arakan are those who are supporting and in favor of
SLORC/SPDC's conspiracy, frequently
attacking the Rohingyas and
unanimously deciding not to accept
them as bonafide citizens of
We Rohingyas have to condemn, by
sending protest letters, the Arakan
National Council (ANC) for not including us as an ethnic
group or
citizens of Arakan in the conference
welfare minister of NCGUB. The ANC
called all representatives of ethnic
groups of Arakan
except Rohingya representation from the Muslim ethnic
group. The ANC cannot represent the
whole people of Arakan nor be given
leadership without any
representative from the Rohingya ethnic group
although the ANC unanimously
decided to lead the Arakan people as
declared by the recent ANC
conference In Arakan. There are approxomately
5 million people, Half are Rohingya
Muslims. If so, how can the ANC lead
the whole Arakan
people? It is impossible tfor the ANC to form any
government or any political
representation role without Rohingyas in Arakan.
But, today some honorable Rakhine
leaders and intellectuals like Dr.
Shwe Lu Maung, Dr. Aye Chan, U
Major Tun Kyaw Oo
,(president of the Amyothar Party) are
considered in
favor of Rohingyas
as they respect the Rohingyas birth rights as well as
genuine citizen people of Arakan by making available strong historical
references, recommendations and
recognition of them through research
and comprehensive knowledge in the
new millennium of political spectrum.
Even Dr. Than Tun,
rector of
history,
ethnic group and bonafide citizen of Arakan.
In conclusion, I would like to sincerely urge those who
misunderstood
about Rohingyas
to thoroughly consider and restudy the historical
facts about the Rohingya
and their origin.
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