AN OPEN PERSONAL SUPPLICATION TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE RULERS OF BURMA/MYANMAR

(6th modification)
(A Special Apology to readers of this Supplication: As this Supplication is aimed also for the ordinary man on the street,
I have been using different colours and bold profusely. The simple reason behind it is to more easily attract their attention
to some key information in this lengthy paper. And an extra tip for those who are not familiar with the Internet: You may
access the Links given in this Supplication (in PDF) by directly clicking on them provided of course that the computer is
connected to the Internet.)

RESPECTED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

The Myanmar Catholic Bishops and the Myanmar Council of Churches did make an Appeal to the
previous government of the country, dated September 24, 1999, under the title of
AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
Although about 16 years have passed since this Appeal was made, the plight of the Christians in Burma
mentioned in that Appeal remains almost unchanged. (The Appeal in question is herewith attached
below.)
In some cases their situation is even getting worse. For instance, there are some allegations that local
Christians were forced by government soldiers in non-Burman peoples' regions at gunpoint to construct
some Buddhist monasteries and pagodas without pay. I shall present here as a case study the Chin
Human Rights Organization's report on the situation of Chin Christians in Chin State.
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/Threats_to_Our_Existence.pdf
Burma

54.3m
4.6m
8.50%
In 2014, at least 20 Christians were killed in clashes with the army. There has been a rise
in nationalist religious movements in the past few years, with Buddhist nationalist groups
putting pressure on the government to adopt laws that would make life harder for
Christians, such as limiting conversions and restricting interfaith marriages.
The Guardian UK. July 2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jul/27/where-in-the-world-is-it-worst-place-to-be-a-christian
My simple aim of making this Supplication to you now is just to allay your fear - and certainly your
dislike as well - of the Christianity and Christians in Burma particularly. I must honestly admit here that, if
one reads what the members of this religion have been doing to each other and against countless
innocent people of other faiths around the world as well - in the very names of the biblical God and Jesus,
whom they claim to be worshipping, during the past 2,000 years of their existence, they are extremely
fearsome indeed. So the Buddhists' fear of them is absolutely justifiable.
However, I believe that I could assure you with certainty that at least the Christians in Burma are
absolutely harmless for you personally, for Buddhism and above all else for the security of the country as
a whole for the following simple, yet concrete reasons:
Their wealthy and powerful fellow Christians from the West are now investing billions of dollars in the
country. And several powerful institutions both state and private from these countries have also
been so generously helping you in numerous ways for decades. Nowadays, even the military establishment of two of the most powerful Christian nations on earth that is, the United States of America and
the United Kingdom - are reported to have been working closely together with the country's military.
Christians in the whole country number only about 4 million (90 % of them are non-Burman
indigeneous national races) out of the country's total population of 52 million. And as nearly all of

them are - due mainly to your oppression, neglect and discrimination against them in every possible
way barely physically surviving. For example, Chin State, which is only about 4,000 sq. km smaller
than Switzerland, had had only 1,200 km-long dry-season-only and jeepable motor car roads until
very recently. At present a few existing roads are being lengthened and expanded with the aid of
Japan. But the construction companies are from Burma and said to be owned solely by Burmese
businessmen. They bring their own construction workers from Burma and do not employ the local
people. See the following news piece:
Press Releases
October 2, 2015
Signing of Grant Agreement with Myanmar: Supporting reconstruction in floodedareas
Signing ceremony
On September 24 and October 1, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed two
grant agreements (G/As) with the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to
provide grant aid of up to a total of 3.982 billion yen. The projects under these grant aid
agreements are described below.
(2) The Project for Improvement of Road Construction and Maintenance Equipment in
Kachin State and Chin State (G/A signed October 1, total amount of aid: 2.74 billion
yen [$25m])
Of approximately 159,000 kilometers of roadways in Myanmar, only about 23
percent, or 37,000 kilometers, is paved with asphalt or concrete. In its 30-Year Road
Development Plan formulated for 2001 to 2030, the Government of Myanmar has
taken these circumstances into account to further road improvements throughout the
country, including road pavement targets.
In Kachin State (area: 89,000 square kilometers, population: 1.29 million) and Chin
State (area: 36,000 square kilometers, population: 480,000), the poorest and least
developed areas in the country, torrential rains frequently cause bridge washouts and
land-related disasters such as collapsed roads and landslides, and as a result, the
road infrastructure lags behind other states and regions in the country. As the trunk
roads connecting the state capitals with regional cities have deteriorated, building
road infrastructure is a priority for ensuring local residents can access public services
and for supporting economic activities with a secure logistics network.
This project will procure new road construction equipment to build and expand 141
kilometers of roads in Kachin State and 109 kilometers of roads in Chin State where
development lags. These improvements are expected to further the road infrastructure
and stimulate economic activities in the two states. Technical lessons will be provided at
one of the Ministry of Constructions central training centers in a transfer of technology
to provide the knowledge required for road construction and maintenance. This will
improve the technical capacity for road improvements and improve the quality of the
infrastructure.
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/news/press/2015/151002_02.html
If my information is true, most of the previous rulers - and most likely the present ones as well - of the
country e.g. Members of Parliament and the leading members of the military Establishment - are
believed to have never been to Chin State before. So they did not and do not have an idea about he
poor infrastructure and poverty in it until many parts of it were badly damaged during last year's rainy
season. I'm therefore giving you a 30-minute Youtube Link here anyway so that you may get a rough

picture about what I'm talking about even before the great damages that had been caused by rains
and landslides. This youtube video film must have been taken sometime in 2014 or 2015 as it was
uploaded on the Internet in June, 2015. This travelogue deals with a journey between Kalaymyo in
Sagaing Division and Falam, a town in northern Chin State. The distance between them is about 75
miles or 100 km. It's titled Mysterious Chin State:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2bIrGNE3E .
Since a great number of you (both the previous rulers and those who have become the MPs after the
2015 election) may probably not believe in what I'm writing about here, I'm giving you two more
youtube Links below. One is titled The Monk on the Mountain (33-minute long) and the other is an
interview with a senior Burmese Buddhist monk stationed in southern Chin State.
The Monk on the Mountain, Chin State.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q00LkRfhIY
Interview with a Buddhist Monk in Chin State-2 by the Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lFQwAhP6s
Note for outsiders who are not familiar with the current situation in Burma and espcially about Chin
State: Since late July until September (2015) heavy rainfalls and flood have caused great destructions
in several parts of the country. And torrential heavy rains and landslides have totally damaged
nearly all motor car roads and several towns and villages as well in Chin State. Affected areas in it
can be seen under Flood Affected areas in Myanmar 2015 in the Internet.) Several religious and
secular emergency relief groups were formed up everywhere. One of these groups was led by a
highly revered and well-known ethnic Burman Buddhist monk, Sayadaw U Thukemingalah, Abbot
of Dae-Oo Monastery. The youtube Link below is about his sharing of his personal experience in
Magwe Division, Rakhine and Chin states during his relief work with his audience in Singapore. He
made a number of positive remarks on the Christian Chins in southern Chin State bordering the
Rakhine State in contrast to the ones he made on Buddhist Burmans in Magwe Division and Buddhist

Rakhines in Rakhine State. He attributed the positive qualities that he found among the Chins to
Christian ethics. However, I wonder if Christian ethics alone have to be given credit in this case.
(I personally, however, understand that the Buddhist Burmans and Buddhist Rakhines in question
who he compared with the Christian Chins were mainly only the flood victims who had received
his group's relief goods or a few others he came across on his journey; they may not therefore
reflect the characteristics of the Chin, Burman and Rakhine populations elsewhere in general.)
https://www.facebook.com/innpipage/videos/741217589344123/?pnref=story
An estimated 170,000 Chins alone have left the country since 20 years ago due to economic
hardship, oppression, discrimination and neglect in Chin State and also in other parts of the country.
(Here are some estimated statistics on Chins who are living now in exile either as refugees or workers
around the world: 75,000 in Malaysia; 50,000 in India; 30,000 in USA & Canada; 3,500 in
Singapore (all of them are professionals and not entered it as refugees); 3,000 in Australia and New
Zealand; 1,000 in Europe; and the rest elsewhere, etc); And I will give you two Links herewith: It is
about a report prepared by the Shwe Gas Movement ( www.shwe.org ) concerning the human rights
situation in Chin and Rakhine States as the result of gas extraction along the Rakhine coastal regions
under the title of SUPPLY & COMMAND http://www.shwe.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SUPPLYANDCOMMAND.pdf
The Christians in Burma are more longing to be at a place called heaven as soon as possible,

which is supposed to be the abode of the biblical God. Most of them actually therefore prefer to
spend all their waking hours singing religious songs in praise of their God and saying prayers to
him as well, instead of engaging in any political activities against you. Or in other words, they are
more obsessed with the concept of an eternal life which they believe their God would give them
when they die than with the human existence on this earth. (You will see how Chin/Zo Christians
are ecstatically and very emotionally singing songs in the few youtube Links given below as some
examples.) They all are longingly waiting for the coming-back (it's known among Christians as
the Second Coming) of a heavenly being called Jesus, who, according to the Bible, is the son of
the biblical God. He appeared in this world 2,000 years ago in Israel and was later crucified by
Roman soldiers on a wooden cross. (Nearly all serious and well-qualified secular scholars, too, have
now agreed beyond doubts that he must have been a historical person.) The Bible (New Testament)
says that he resurrected after three days and then ascended into heaven after some 40 days.
He had promised then, once again according to the Bible, his believers that he would come back to
this world for the second time and that he would take their souls to what is known among the
Christians also as the Kingdom of God or simply Heaven where his father reigns.
They are belonging to several rival denominations or Churches. According to the Wikipedia there
are about 41,000 Christian denominations worldwide at the present time. Other uncountable smaller
denominations with a few thousand members each are not counted. Some 30 years ago, the US
weekly news magazine, NEWSWEEK, reported in a long article that 1,200 new Churches were
founded every week throughout the world. And the members of every denomination are so
programmed by their leaders to believe that they alone, but none of those who belong to any
other denominations, will go to heaven and that their Church alone possesses the truths of or
about God!
The following are some of the rival Churches to which the Chin communites in Chin State and its
immediate sorrounding regions (Rakhine State, Ayeyarawady, Magwe and Sagaing Divisions) in
Burma alone belong. The list below will give you a rough picture about what I'm talking about:
Anglican Church, Assemblies of God, Baptist Church, Christian Baptist Church, Christian Mission
Alliance, Christian Church of Myanmar, Christian Reformed Church, Church of Jesus Christ, Church
of Christ Jesus, Church of God, Church on the Rock, Evangelical Baptist Church, Evangelical
Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Free Church of Burma, Four Square Gospel Church, Full Gospel
Assembly, Full Gospel Church, Fundamental Baptist Church, Gospel Baptist Church, Independent
Church of Burma, Jehovahs Witnesses, Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Reformed
Presbyterian Church, Roman Catholic Church, Seventh Day Adventists, Seventh Day Baptist
Church, United Pentecostal Church, United Reform Church, United Wesleyan Church. etc., and
a number of home-grown Churches as well.
And the few following facts will show you how extremely fearsome the Christians indeed are.
The Bible contains a great number of mysterious prophecies that cannot be easily deciphered by
any human beings, including those who are holding several doctorates in theologies. Nevertheless,
countless self-proclaimed biblical experts around the world have tried to decipher these prophecies
during the past 2,000 years and all of their interpretations have turned out to be totally wrong until
now. These misinterpretations have had caused sectarian rivalries and conflicts that have cost the
precious lives and undescribable suffering of hundreds of millions of innocent people.
Another major cause of the uncountable bloody and ruthless sectarian rivalries and religious wars
between rival Christian churches was the attempts made by religious leaders and theologians to
fight against what they assumed to be Satan and his followers, on behalf of the biblical God
himself. But their Satan and his followers in reality happened to be none other than those who they
themselves very often lovingly called their own beloved fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
who belong to other rival Churches! And then when the Communists appeared in several countries a
few centuries ago, they were also once again accused of being Satan-incarnates who must be

completely wiped out of the face of the earth at all costs. However, although the communists and
communism do not exist anymore as a formidable political force since the break-up of the Soviet Union
and China's adoption of capitalism, the division among the Christians still remains as intense as ever
before. (Actually, I had even very naively expected, when communism was crumbling down and
the Berlin Wall was no more there, that there would finally be love and unity among Christians and
that they would start making a soul-searching process and that they would review thoroughly their
existing doctrines, and so on. But this kind of effort and action is nowhere to be seen yet until now!)
The only main reason that several Christians have apparently become a bit more peaceful to each
other and also towards non-Christians as well since very recently is due only to the fact that secularism
- that is, the rule of law and reason - was getting the upper-hand. So, a great number of those who are
well-informed about the root causes and nature of the said sectarian conflicts and wars strongly do
believe that the blood-shedding among Christians of rival Churches may most likely still go on endlessly
until today in the very names of God and Jesus, if secularism had not yet gained the upper-hand.
You may rather be surprised to learn that I also happen to be a religious Christian despite all the
negative facts that I have just mentioned above with regard to the Christians. However, exactly
because of these negative facts, I have become an independent Christian that is, without being
belonging to any single Church. The following are some additional reasons why I became just such
an independent Christian.
!

In my opinion the Bible is written in very simple form that anyone who can read and write can
fullly understand its contents. Therefore, although I have never studied any Christian theologies in
my entire lifetime, I strongly believe that as for my own salvation that is, the attainment of an
eternal life which is to be given by the biblical God I do not need somebody else, who himself
cannot see with his eyes the God and other heavenly beings that are described in the Bible
anyway, to interpret its contents for me with his own self-given power and right. I myself have
never therefore tried in my life to hard-sell what I think about Christianity, nor have I ever allowed
somebody else to impose his ideas on Christianity upon me. And above all else, as everybody
can freely buy the Bible in book shops there are even many organisations that distribute it
freely it, the biblical God, Jesus and heaven are nobody's personal possessions. I believe
therefore that nobody has the sole right to monopolize the interpretation of its contents with his
own self-given power and right. But, at the same time, I believe also that if anybody prefers to
voluntarily believe in and observe the interpretation of somebody else's or of a Church's, that
also should and must be absolutely his own right and business!

So far as I know the Bible vividly says that Satan and a great number of his follower-angels
were expelled from heaven because of their rebellion against the biblical God. So I cannot
understand what kind of logic should it be that that very God would give an eternal life to those
who persecuted, tortured and killed each other in his own name! And the Bible clearly also says
that the biblical God had even sent and sacrificed Jesus, his only begotten son, to this world to
save mankind from eternal damnation. So I'm not capable of understanding the logic of his
sending Jesus to this world in the first place, if he would give an eternal life anyway to those who
persecuted, tortured and murdered each other in his own name! If I understand the Bible
correctly, those who believe in him (Jesus) and thus observe his moral teachings would go into
heaven, and not those who go into heaven would believe in him and observe his moral
teachings! (Two of the greatest mysteries of all in the Judeo-Christian religions are: How could
there be a rebellion in God's own kingdom in the first place, since it's described in the Bible to
be perfect and the angels sinless; and whether heaven or God's kingdom and angels are still
existing or not. These two mysteries have discouraged a great number of people to believe
in the biblical God and his power and even his own existence. So far as I know, not a single
theologian has ever managed to convincingly clearify these questions until now.
However, I personally have no problems with these mysteries. My simple solution as a layman
is that since a historical person called Jesus had actually appeared on earth once means that
heaven was still existing at least 2,000 years ago and that if that Jesus would really come back

some day again to this world for the second time as he is said to have promised his followers
then, it would mean that there were no more rebellions in heaven since the expulsion of Satan
and his followers from there and that God and heavenly beings and heaven do still indeed exist
until now that is, at least until Jesus' second coming. I believe therefore that I have nothing to
lose by simply believing in his second coming.)
!

In my whole lifetime I may have perhaps read the Bible more than ten times from the beginning
to the end thoroughly, but I have never come across a single verse that says: You shall
persecute, torture and murder each other in our names! or You shall fight Satan and his
followers on behalf of me or us.. As a simple layman I believe that if God and Jesus themselves
want to or have to wage a war against Satan and his followers, that should and must be their own
business and that they would surely do it in their own way! I simply cannot therefore see the
logic of Christians waging wars on behalf of them since they (the Christians) first got to even know
about the existence of the said heavenly beings' and their adversaries' only through the Bible
since some 2,000 - 3,000 years go. If not because of the Bible, there are no other ways for them
to even know about the said invisible beings' existence.

Before the Christian missionaries arrived in many parts of present-day Burma, including
Chinland, in the early and late 1800s, most of those who would sooner or later become Christian
were Animist. These people then converted to Christianity of various rival Churches because they
were told about the existencce of a loving God and his son called Jesus and they were thus
promised an eternal life at their place called heaven by worshipping these deities. Before the
Chins became Christian, for instance, they believed every kind of sickness to be the work of evil
spirits. So they made various kinds of animal sacrifice to propitiate those spirits. But none of
those evil spirits (there are supposed to be more than 50 of them among the northern Chins
alone) had ever physically appeared to them in human form and oppressed or tortured or killed
them with weapons as their beloved fellow sisters and brothers in Christ have been doing to
each other for centuries or even milleniums in the very names of the deities whom they claim
to be worshipping. The worst thing that those imaginary evil spirits could then do to human
beings was the belief that they could cause all kinds of illness. Nothing more than that. And the
Chin Animists in ancient times were and still are until today (there are still a number of Animists
in some parts of Chin State itself) - not necessarily worse than those who proudly like to boast to
be moral Christians. Nor have they ever committed ruthless acts against their own fellow beings
even in the names of those imaginary evil spirits.

Now, my description of the imaginary evil spirits in a few lines above may probably shake up
one of the fundamental teachings of all Christian churches that is, every evil thought or act is
taught to be the work or temptation of Satan and his evil fallen angels. But, so far as I know,
even those who don't believe at all in any deity are also not necessarily more evil than the
Christians. So, should any evil thought or act really be the work of Satan and his followers, then
every serious Christian will have to ask himself at least these two very disturbing fundamental
questions (out of several):
1. Why do or should Satan and his followers tempt only the Christians, but not any other human
beings who profess other religions or who don't even believe in any deity, to think evil or to
commit evil acts?
2. Why haven't all the non-Christians in the world annihilated each other a long time ago in the
past, since they must have been vulnerable to Satan's and his evil followers' temptations? (I've got
my own interpretations for such questions, but since this Supplication is not a Christian theological
paper, I better should not write more than this much here. And such interpretations I keep for
myself alone, otherwise I might mislead some innocent people.)
And another fundamental teaching of a great number of these Churches, which I find very much
disturbing is about what is called the original sin. According to the Bible, God created Adam
and Eve as the first human beings and they were forbidden to eat a certain fruit in the Garden of
Eden. But as they ate it secretly anyway, they were cursed by God. With this concept a great

number of Christians are taught to feel guilty for what Adam and Eve had done. Actually, this
concept was just a creation of a mortal human being in 2 AD and it was further developed later
by some others. See the quotations below: (Source: Wikipedia under Original sin)
Original Sin [Several Churches' points of view]
The concept of original sin was first alluded to in the 2nd century by Irenaeus, Bishop of
Lyons in his controversy with certain dualist Gnostics. Other church fathers such as
Augustine also developed the doctrine,[2] seeing it as based on the New Testament
teaching of Paul the Apostle (Romans 5:1221 and 1 Corinthians 15:22) and the Old
Testament verse of Psalm 51:5.[4][5][6][7][8] Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose and
Ambrosiaster considered that humanity shares in Adam's sin, transmitted by human
generation. Augustine's formulation of original sin was popular among Protestant
reformers, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin, who equated original sin with
concupiscence, affirming that it persisted even after baptism and completely destroyed
freedom.[2] The Jansenist movement, which the Catholic Church declared to be heretical,
also maintained that original sin destroyed freedom of will.[9]
In Judaism
Jewish theologians are divided in regard to the cause of what is called "original sin".
Some teach that it was due to Adam's yielding to temptation in eating of the forbidden
fruit and has been inherited by his descendants; the majority of chazalic opinions,
however, do not hold Adam responsible for the sins of humanity,[10] teaching that, in
Genesis 8:21 and 6:5-8, God recognized that Adam did not willfully sin. However, Adam
is recognized by some[who?] as having brought death into the world by his disobedience.
Because of his sin, his descendants will live a mortal life, which will end in death of their
bodies.[11] The doctrine of "inherited sin" is not found in most of mainstream Judaism.
Although some in Orthodox Judaism place blame on Adam for overall corruption of the
world, and though there were some Jewish teachers in Talmudic times[who?] who believed
that death was a punishment brought upon humanity on account of Adam's sin, that is not
the dominant view in most of Judaism today. Modern Judaism generally teaches that
humans are born sin-free and untainted, and choose to sin later and bring suffering to
themselves.[12][13] The concept of inherited sin is also not found in any real form in
Islam.[14][15] Some interpretations of original sin are rejected by other Christian
theologies.
If I understand the four Gospels correctly, one of Jesus' main reasons for his first coming to
this world was to free the would-be worshippers of God from the rigid laws and rituals, except
the Ten Commandments, in the Old Testament and replace them with the concept of Love,
Forgiveness, Compassion and Peace or Peacefulness. So I personally am of the opinion that what
Adam and Eve had done against God's wishes also must be among the ones that Jesus had
intended to atone for. (I've got my own interpretation also for this particular topic, but since this
Supplication is not a theological paper I would not elaborate about it further. This interpretation
is for myself alone.)
!

Countless theologians and religious leaders of the Christian faith have been predicting about
Jesus' imminent come-back from the time of his ascension into heaven up to the present time.
However, since almost all the Christians are still vehemently accusing each other of being
belonging to a false Church or even of being Satan-incarnates, I wonder how they would be able
to recognize him, if he really suddenly comes back somewhere in the world or on the clouds as
some of them believe. (I'm enclosing an interesting information piece below that could give you
some hints about the Roman Catholic Church's view of Jesus. It was widely distributed in Burma in
the early 1980s by the Roman Catholic Church under the heading of A TRUE LETTER OF OUR
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST).

So far as I personally understand the contents of the Bible, Jesus himself had, like what the Lord
Buddha had also done, apparently intended to found a peaceful, loving and compassionate
religion. (I'm quoting below two of the most important parts of the entire Bible as a means to
prove this statement.) You may probably be shocked by the first two Commandments of the Ten
Commandments, but the fundamentals of Jesus' teachings are Love, Forgiveness, Peace,
Compassion and about the existence of an eternal Life in heaven for those who believe in him
and observe his teachings that are almost identical with the teachings of the Lord Buddha's. So
far as I know, the only main differences between Buddhism and Christianity are: While Buddhists
believe in Nirvana, the Christians believe in a creator-God and an eternal Life in heaven; and
the means or rituals that are used to achieve these goals. (You may certainly be surprised if I tell
you that, although I myself am an independent Christian as I have already admitted above, I
am also a great admirer of Buddhism at the same time especially mainly for its philosophy.)
The Ten Commandments
And God spoke all these words:
I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery;
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on
the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or
worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children
for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but
showing love to thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold
anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labour and do
all your works, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you
shall do any work, neither you, your son or daughter, nor your manservant or
maidservant, nor your animals, nor the aliens within your gate. For in six days the
LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on
the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
5. Honour your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD
your God is giving you.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet your neighbours house. You shall not covet your neighbours wife, or
his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Source: Exodus 20:1-17 (Holy Bible: New International Version)
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Sermon on the Mount
The Beatitudes
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside
and sat down. His disciples came to him,
2 and he began to teach them, saying
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,

for they will inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of
evil against you because of me.
12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Source: (Matthew 5:1-12) The Holy Bible: New International Version
So if those who claim to be Christian would strictly observe at least No.s 3 and 6 of the Ten
Commandments, and 6, 7, 8 and 9 from Sermon on the Mount, there would surely be fewer wars,
fewer oppressions, less hunger, less hatred, less suffering, and much less injustices in this world,
if even in case a biblical God and Jesus do not exist anywhere in the universe.
In my opinion, there are three most important fundamental questions concerning Christianity:
1. Whether a biblical God really does exist or not;
2. Whether Jesus is really the son of that biblical God or not, and;
3. Whether he (Jesus) is really powerful enough or not to change many rigid laws and rituals in the
Old Testament. The original religion that he had founded is full of good news. The most important
of them all is, as already mentioned earlier above, about the existence of an eternal Life in heaven
where he himself and his father are dwelling. If in case anyone of you care to enquire a bit more
about the good news that I'm talking about now, it would suffice to read the following four books
which are called the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and also another book called
the Book of Revelation. So as to enable you to have a brief glance at the said good news in these
books, I'm attaching two scanned pages from the Book of Matthew at the end of this Supplication.
You will see how different Jesus' original teachings in these passages are from the preachings and
practices of a great number of Christians around the world. The passages in the four Gospels are
written so simply and clearly that nobody needs the explanation of a biblical expert to
understand them.
Now, I believe that you may certainly would like to know also how I could become a religious
Christian if even theologians who are holding several doctorates in theologies themselves are still
skeptical about the basic foundation of the Christian faith that is, the very existence of a biblical
God and Jesus.
As for me personally there is one main reason why I believe in the existence and power of the
biblical God and Jesus. The reason is the existence of the Book of Revelation. For me the Book of
Revelation is one of the most important parts of the whole Bible. The Bible without this part would be
just like any other holy scriptures. And Jesus' moral teachings also would be just like the teachings of
some other great enlightened sages. Nothing more than that. So I put all my faith in the contents of
this book that is, the good news about the existence of and power of God and Jesus and an eternal
life mentioned in it. (See the few passages from it that I have selected at the end of this Supplication!
There are also of course several prophecies in it, but I do not think that I can decipher them and I
do not want to attempt to decipher them - because those prophecies are, as I have already mentioned
above, amongst the prophecies that countless self-proclaimed biblical experts or even self-proclaimed
prophets have had tried to interpret during the past two milleniums and as a result hundreds of

millions of innocent people have lost their lives for nothing. I would prefer very much therefore to wait
patiently until Jesus himself comes back and then to let him interpret these prophecies personally.)
And you may surely wonder now how I could blindly have trust in the words in the said books
mentioned above without understanding the prophecies in them. As for me personally the answer is
very simple: I simply assume that I have got a soul and as a result I try to observe the good teachings
of Jesus as I understand them and that if I really have a soul and the biblical God and Jesus also really
do exist somewhere in the universe, they may let my soul go on living eternally at their place which is
described in the Book of Revelation, since even countless Christians who persecuted and murdered
their own innocent fellow Christians in the very names of these two beings could still dare to expect
to get an eternal life. But even if in case I do not have a soul and the said two deities also do not exist,
I don't think that I would lose anything by believing in them and observing their good teachings. And,
perhaps, I may not be a perfect worshipper in their eyes, but at least until now I haven't caused any
kind of suffering to my fellow human beings nor have I ever promised someone an eternal life in
heaven nor have I ever threatened someone with eternal damnation at a place called the lake of
fire or hell nor have I ever earned even a single cent in their names.
According to several reliable statistics from various sources, half of the world's 7 billion people are
now starving or half-starving or would be starving in the near future. A report released in May 1989 in
Manila by the humanitarian organization called CHILDHOPE, for instance, there were an estimated 100
million homeless children worldwide 20 to 30 million alone in Asia who were living on the streets;
and according to the Child Protection Network Foundation, reported in The Independent (UK) newspaper
of January 20, 2015, there were about 1.2 million children living on the streets in the Philippines alone
(see attached scanned newspaper clippings for the statisics mentioned above). And the climate change
has now already become a real threat to humanity's long-term survival and there are right now more than
60 million people, according a recent UN report, either fleeing from their homelands or are displaced
within their own countries and nearly every corner of the world is getting more and more explosive with
each passing day.
So if I were anyone of them theologians and religious leaders of Christian churches, that is - instead
of endlessly keeping on debating with my other fellow Christians about which day is holier either
Saturday or Sunday - or the sinfulness of eating pork or getting divorce or the remarriage of divorced
persons or the use of condoms and other contraceptive devices or an individual person's sexual
preference or prostitution or the ordination of women or the Liberation Theology, etc., I would try to do
the following five things as urgently as possible.
One: I would try to immediately review the existing doctrine of my own Church thoroughly to see
if it's still in line with the present situation of this world and humanity as a whole.
Two: As the next step I would make all efforts for the reconciliation of all the rival Christians of the
world as fast as possible. It may surely sound to be so naive to plead and expect as well them
to reconciliate, if one looks at them from a realistic point of view. Sure, they may certainly never
be able to reconciliate if they would base their efforts solely on the writings of religious leaders
and theologians and their Churches' existing doctrines alone, but if they would base their efforts
solely instead on the words of Jesus that are clearly recorded in the Gospels, I can see no reasons
why they wouldn't be able to achieve this noble goal! If I understand the Bible correctly, the gist
of Jesus' teachings are: Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Peace and Humility! And above all else I
have never found a single verse in the entire Bible that says that the biblical God had created this
world and all the living beings in it just in order to destroy them again someday!
Three: As soon as a reconciliation between all Christians is fully achieved, together with my
other fellow Christians in Christ, I would try to estimate when and where the Christ could come
back and then make preparations for our salvation, since he may most likely have problems taking
the souls of the endlessly quarrelling Christians back with him into his father's kingdom.

Four: I would then plead my fellow Christians to patiently wait until he comes back and when and
if he really reappears someday at somewhere, then together with them I would ask him to make
war if he has to - against his and his father's adversaries with their own heavenly beings, instead
of deploying human beings who cannot even see THEIR OWN SOULS with their eyes not to
mention those heavenly beings and their adversaries who are mentioned in the Bible. (How can
you fight against an invisible enemy since even about his or their existence you knew only from
the Bible which is some 2-3,000 years old - and with what kind of weapon?)
Five: If in case a total reconciliation among the Christians could not be achieved for any reasons
and the time of his second coming could not be satisfactorily agreed upon, then I would at least
try to persuade my fellow Christians to form up a global commission with a number of prominent
secular legal experts as its members to thoroughly analyse the contents of the Bible from a
purely secular legal point of view in order to find out how the legal mind sees these contents.
NOW, MAY I BRING THE FOLLOWING FOUR MAJOR POINTS TO YOUR ATTENTION:
ONE: WOULD YOU, RESPECTED PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY, KINDLY
THOROUGHLY ANALYSE THE REASONS, ARGUMENTS AND EXPLANATION THAT I HAVE
GIVEN ABOVE AND IF YOU ALSO AGREE WITH SOME OR ALL OF THEM, THEN MAY I
PERSONALLY SUPPLICATE YOU TO LET THE CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY WORSHIP THEIR
GOD AS THEY SO WISH WITH COMPLETE FREEDOM AND IN PEACE.
TWO: The former government (U Thein Sein government) had always loudly claimed to want to
make developments for the whole country and the entire people. But if one looks at the three
Youtube Links given below (Burma Parts 1, 2 & 3), it's very clear that the gap between those in the
ruling class and the ruled seems be unbelievably great. (I have never seen the country again since
1978 and as I'm still living in this country since then as a stateless person, I do not have the
possibility to return to Burma. So I cannot see the real situation there with my own eyes.) I know
that the said government had made some programme to reduce extreme poverty, but those
programme were very superficial and there were no realistic strategies and plannings for the
realization of those programme. I'm realistic enough to know also that it's not possible in any
society to distribute a country's wealth equally among all levels of the society, but even then this
gap should not be too great as it can be seen in the three youtubes. In order to be able to maintain
peace and prosperity in the long-run, for instance, there must be a strong middle-class that could
function as a bridge between the upper and lower (workers and peasants) classes. But so far as I
know, a middle class is almost non-existent in the country. (Among the Burmese exile communities
it's spoken around that in Burma there are only two social classes: Those who do not know where
to hide their illegallly accumulated great fortunes and those who do not know from where their
next meal will come!) Personally I do not believe that real development and prosperity could ever
be achieved and maintained in the long-run if the gap of living standards between different sectors
of the society is too great. Our country is blessed with great natural wealth as everybody knows.
(I also know that a great deal of them have already been sold-out, though!) So only if and when
you - those who will start ruling the country now and those who will come to power in the near
future - would make proper plannings to reduce this great gap as fast as possible, then can the
entire people hope to be able to live in peace and prosperity in the long future to come.
And everybody in the country knows very well that the dimension of corruption must also be
reduced as much as and as fast as possible, otherwise the country's long-term survival will be at
great risk. The outgoing government had made some rudimentary measures to curb it, but without
any success. At present, according to the Transparency International rating, the country stands at
the 147th position of corruption. It's not a good sign at all (see the Links below).
http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/burma-still-among-worlds-most-corrupt-countries-index-finds.html

NLD MPs from Pauk constituency discuss land confiscation issues

MPs from the National League for Democracy (NLD), legal experts on land laws, and activists on land issues, held a
meeting at the local NLD office, Pauk Township, Magway Region, on 3 March to discuss matters relating to land
confiscation and amendments to land laws.
Land law legal expert Aung Kyaw Kyaw told Mizzima, Farmers and MPs met while parliament is adjourned to discuss
making laws in parliament, forming a Peasants Union, making existing forest department directives on community
owned land into law, and tackling the issue of land confiscation. We urged MPs to make these laws in parliament.
This meeting was attended by Magway Region Legis- lative Assembly legislators Aung Than and Myint Myint San
from NLD, Upper House NLD MP Kyaw Swe, land law legal expert Aung Kyaw Kyaw, political and land affairs
activist Zaw Min Htaik and local farmers from 30 villages.
The attendees at the meeting said that in total there were 5.2 million acres (2.104 million hectares) of land confiscated
in Myanmar while in Pauk Township, Mag- way Region alone, Defence Industry No. 24 (DI 24) had confiscated over
30,000 acres from farmers.
(Daunglu-Tin Shwe)
10 mizzima WEEKLY March 17, 2016
www.mizzima.com
See also the following Link for the BBC Burmese Progamme report on the same topic on March 17, 2016.
http://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2016/03/160317_land_confisticatation_committee_figures

THREE: Soon after the Thein Sein govenment came to power a few years ago, it was very loudly
propagating about its willingness to build an ever-lasting peace (in the government's own
words in Burmese: thawarah-nyeinchanyi). And it was negotiating with all non-Burman
national armed organizations for the ultimate signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
(NCA). However, as the negotiations were stalled for several times and finallly only 8 armed
organizations signed the NCA, the government had long ceased to loudly talk about an ever
lasting peace. Finally, the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC), which had been responsible for the
peace negotiations on behalf of the government and the military. Actually, its inglorious end
was foreseeable from its very inception on the following grounds which I'm quoting from my own
paper Grand Strategy for Burma VII*, which was last modified in July 2015. (pp 30-31):
It is a universally known and accepted reality that a country can never be developed unless
theres an absolute peace in it, no matter how rich it is in natural and human resources! This
factor has been completely absent in Burma since its independence in 1948.
Since the present Burmese government came to power it has been loudly propagating its
willingness to build up eternal peace or ever-lasting peace in the country by forming up a
federal union which should even be more far-reaching and broader in scope than the one that
the Panglong Agreement signatory peoples had originally envisioned. And it has also already
signed cease-fire agreements with a number of armed organizations in the meantime. But...

How can one believe that the government is sincerely willing to build up peace since its
so-called peace-making delegation is travelling around and negotiating with various armed
movements, the military has even been intensifying its ruthless military campaigns against these
armed movements, despite the fact that the President is said to have had ordered it three times

until February 2013 to stop its offensives?

How can one believe the sincerity of the government if it has alloted the military $ 2.4 billion for
the fiscal year (2013/2014), yet the government itself is still begging around in the international
community to defray the cost of the peace-building process?

How can one believe the sincerity of the government if its begging around in the international
community for the cost of its peace-making efforts without spending the countrys own billions of
dollar of financial resources - and the military is squandering hundreds of millions of dollars for its
military campaigns against ethnic armed movements? (See the following news items for more
information on this matter under ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS HEREWITH ATTACHED:
European Union Press Release on Myanmar Peace Center; The Japanese Way to Peace in
Burma; Response to The Japanese Way to Peace in Burma; Trust-building Is Vitally Important;
Calls for Myanmar Peace Center to Reveal Funding; Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs
After Ceasefires)

How can one believe the sincerity of the government if it even doesnt care the suffering and
plight of tens of thousands of IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) as the result of the military
campaigns? If one looks at the numerous latest information pieces already inserted above on several
pages and also under ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS HEREWITH ATTACHED, even a fool will
find it very hard to believe in the governments proclaimed intention and wish. The following few
passages are from the UNs Special Rapporteur, Mr. Toms Ojea Quintanas report on the situation
of human rights in Myanmar. He was in Burma from 11 to 21 August 2013. (A/68/397/General
Assembly Distr.: General/23 September 2013/Original: English/13-48420 (E) 141013)

The two information items below will also show some of the main reasons why the MPC's peace efforts
were fruitless.

Where Has Burmas Peace Money Gone?

By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Friday, April 1, 2016 |
Under former President Thein Seins government, over US$100 million poured into Burmas peace
programs by foreign governments and institutions.
As the military-backed administration has given way to a National League for Democracy (NLD)-led
government, questions linger about the transparency and influence of international funds on the peace
process critics argue that this aid has thus provided war-affected ethnic communities with little to
no benefit.
In 2013, the European Union (EU) officially committed a total of nearly US$35 million to Burmas
peace processthis cycle of funding ended on March 31. Japanese NGOs announced in 2014 a plan
to spend a staggering US$96 million on development projects in Burmas ethnic areas over the next
five years. Yet the community-based ethnic Karen Peace Support Network responded by calling for a
moratorium on such large-scale development until a peace agreement could be reached.
From these figures alone, the total sum of money known to have been spent on peace stands at around
US$130 million.

How were these funds spent?

The Myanmar Times reported that before the end of his tenure, ex-President Thein Sein dissolved the
MPC and ordered its properties to be transferred to two new non-governmental organizations (NGOs):
the Myanmar Peace Building Dialogue Center and the Peace and Development Foundation. Both are
affiliated with former MPC staff; the latter will be led by Aung Min, who acted as MPCs head.

Dividing the Spoils

Hla Maung Shwe maintains that the MPC has no property to distribute, and that anything on the
organizations premises belongs to the former government.
The MPC doesnt own anything, he said, denying allegations that senior MPC officials are reportedly
splitting up the organizations assets among themselves, including office space, a meeting hall, and

facilities such as vehicles, computers and other equipment.

Critics say it will be inappropriate if the MPCs assets end up in NGOs founded by the ex-MPC
officials, since the property was paid for by international donors.
It would be completely wrong for U Aung Min to use MPC assets, funded by international aid, to set
up his own think tank. He has no mandate, and was rejected by voters in the election last year, said
Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, a London-based advocacy organization. The
money should not go to the ex-government either, as they are just one side in the negotiations, he
added. But the MPC should not have received EU funding in the first place, Farmaner argues,
highlighting the organizations lack of neutrality due to its ties to the military-backed government. The
MPC was established by President Thein Sein to pursue his political agenda of persuading the
international community to lift sanctions and give more aid, Farmaner said.
By backing the MPC with millions of euros, [the EU] was seen by many ethnic people to have taken
the overnment side, said Farmaner.
Where The Money Went
Beyond the MPC, international funding also went to more than a dozen peace-related organizations,
including the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office, Norway-funded Myanmar Peace Support Initiative
(MPSI), British charity Intermediate, Japan Platform, The Nippon Foundation, and other start-ups,
NGOs and ethnic armed organizations.
Yet analysts believe that the bulk of the international monies has been spent on meetings for peace
talks, overseas trips by peace program stakeholders, hotel stays, employee salaries and fees for
international consultants.
On the donors dime, stakeholders including Burmese army officials, ethnic armed group leaders and
peace negotiators travelled to Europe as well as to post-conflict nations such as Colombia, Indonesia,
Philippines and Cambodia to study the countries respective political transitions and systems of
government. MPC officials were regularly pictured in Thailand, Naypyidaw and Rangoon alongside
privately hired airplanes, it is assumed, for travel to meetings.
Bertil Lintner, a veteran Burma expert and journalist said, I wonder where that money went and is
going. Peacemaking has become a lucrative business in Burma, with little or no regard for the
suffering of ordinary people in the countrys war zones.
Lintner pointed out that many individuals working for organizations like the MPC earn in a month what
an ordinary Burmese citizen might make in five years or more. According to several sources from
Western NGOs, It is believed that senior officials in the peace process can earn up to US$10,000 per
month.
Under Burmas the military regime, education and health systems worked far better in areas
controlled by the ethnic armed groups than they did in areas under Burmese government control,
Aagre points out, comprising what he called a ready-made federal structure.
In stead of strengthening these systems, with a long term goal of merging the different structures into
a federal union, the international community cut support, and channeled these funds through
Naypyidaw with MPC as a gatekeeper, he said.
The Irrawaddy reporter Lawi Weng also contributed into this article.
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Bertil Lintner: Its High Time the MPC Be Investigated for Corruption
By AUNG ZAW / THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
Bertil Lintner, a Swedish-born journalist and author, has written many articles and several books
on Burma over the course of his career. He is a former correspondent with the Far Eastern
Economic Review and currently contributes to various news outlets, including The Irrawaddy. In this
interview with The Irrawaddys founding editor Aung Zaw, Lintner discusses what an Aung San Suu

Kyi-led government might mean for Burma and the prospects for peace regarding the countrys
engagement with foreign donors and peacemakers.
And the country remains poor. Bertil, the last issue I want to ask you about is the future of the MPC.
There were news reports that donor communitieslike the EUcompletely fell in love with the MPC in
the last Parliament are going to end their funding at the end of March. But this peace-building
process will continue. [There is a lot of] embezzlement and corruption and deep scandals that are still
unwritten in a lot of international media. These donors, mostly from the West, are the ones who talk
about transparency and accountability. But do they have any idea whats going on?
I dont think they do. When the Myanmar Peace Center was around, you had the European Union and
Norway and Switzerland and Japanese organizations just pouring money into this thing, millions and
millions of dollars and euros. It became a big business. And where does all this money go? I havent
seen any proper counting of it, and its time now for these donors to sit down and say, Wait a minute,
lets see, where did all this money go and how has it been used and how can we avoid something
similar in the future? I cant prove anything because I havent seen the facts or figures, but I think its
high time the MPC be investigated for corruption.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/interview/dateline-irrawaddy/bertil-lintner-its-high-time-the-mpc-be-investigated-for-corruption.html
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EU adopts new strategy in support of Myanmars reforms

By
Mizzima
On Thursday, 2 June 2016

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission yesterday
adopted a Joint Communication that sets out a vision for what it describes as ambitious and forwardlooking EU engagement with Myanmar as the country's transition enters its next phase. Federica
Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European
Commission, said: "Myanmar is at a turning point. The newly elected government has expressed its
willingness to bring peace and development to its people, through a democratic path. As the European
Union, we have constantly accompanied this path, and we are committed to cooperate even more with
Myanmar to support the reform efforts of the government: to strengthen democracy, good governance, the
rule of law, peace, national reconciliation and human rights, to tackle poverty and to boost trade and
investment. With this Joint Communication, the EU renews its strong commitment to work with
Myanmars authorities and civil society to reinforce our bilateral relations, to the benefit of our people.
According to the EU statement, the Joint Communication looks at how best to work with all stakeholders
towards consolidating democracy, creating lasting peace, bringing equitable development and social
justice in alignment with the priorities of the government and the aspirations of the people.
http://mizzima.com/news-domestic/eu-adopts-new-strategy-support-myanmar%E2%80%99s-reforms

Burma Army Accused of Torturing, Killing Civilians in Shan State

By NYEIN NYEIN/ THE IRRAWADDY| June 1, 2016
CHIANG MAI, Thailand Burma Army soldiers have been torturing and killing civilians and using them as
human shields in a recent offensive against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N)
in Kyaukme Township, displacing over 1,000 villagers, according to the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF).
The fighting erupted in May near the site of the Upper Yeywa dam, where local residents have voiced strong
opposition to the project.
A report from the rights group on Wednesday indicated that at least 56 residents from some nine villages
experienced human rights violations between May 11th and 21st of this year.
Sai Kheun Mai, the spokesperson for SHRF, said that eight of these nine villages had also endured bombing
campaigns and that some villagers remain unable to return to their homes.
He told The Irrawaddy that of nine deaths which had occurred, three were of Shan villagers between 26 and 30
years old who were the victims of extrajudicial killings. Additionally, five villagers were reportedly beaten by the
Burma Armys Light Infantry Division 504; and 42 villagers from various villages were used as human shields.
SHRF, which regularly documents human rights violations in Shan State, said that the organization
condemned the Burma Army for these violations that meet the definition of war crimes and that it

calls for an end to impunity for the perpetrators.

http://m.irrawaddy.com/burma/burma-army-accused-of-torturing-killing-civilians-in-shan-state.html

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Aung San Suu Kyi urged to halt Norwegian-backed dam in Shan State
By BNI
On Tuesday, 31 May 2016
The Norwegian state owned company, StatkraftNorfund Power Invest or SN Power, concluded an MOU
for a project known as the Middle Yeywa dam with the previous government in July 2014. This dam is
set to be built in a location that has been identified as seismically hazardous because it is close to the
Kyaukyan fault line.
The three groups behind the statement, the Shan Human Rights Foundation, the Shan Sapawa
Environmental Organisation and the Shan State Farmers Network, say they are very concerned that a
study conducted by SN Power failed to take into account the on-going conflict in northern Shan State and
how the dam will affect the conflict and whether the conflict would affect the dam.
Fighting was raging in northern Shan State even while the pre-feasibility study was being conducted, but
no mention was made of this. Particularly given the recent escalation of fighting in Kyaukme township
(directly east of NawngKhio), where the Burma Army has launched a large scale offensive, with
airstrikes, against Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army positions just north of the Upper Yeywa
dam site, we regard this as an inexcusable omission, the statement noted.
In a report released earlier this year by the three groups the role of the Norwegian government and the
state owned firm SN Power, in the controversial project was cited a proof that Oslo was pushing ahead
without giving proper consideration to the situation on the ground. The report claimed that Norway,
who is a major donor to Burmas on-going peace process, is opportunistically partnering with
Naypyidaw to profit from ethnic conflict areas before peace has been reached...
http://mizzima.com/news-domestic/aung-san-suu-kyi-urged-halt-norwegian-backed-dam-shan-state
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FOUR:
Now the new NLD-led government has publicly announced that it intends to prioritise two
goals, among a few others, during its 5-year legislative period: national reconciliation and peacebuilding. It aims to achieve them through combining the country-wide peace-building process (negotiation)
and the convention of the so-called 21st Century Panglong Conference. And for the realization of these
goals it has also formed a number of committees and sub-committees that will make the necessary
preparations. (The defunct MPC , for instance, has been replaced with a new name called National
Reconciliation and Peace Center or NRPC - which is now chaired personally by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
herself.
I would not make any comments on how the government and the ethnic armed organizations would
negotiate. However, the 21st Century Panglong Conference is already doomed to be an absolute
failure even before it's started partly due to the following FOUR LEGAL BLUNDERS that Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi herself personally, the government and the military have already made against the internationally
practiced legal procedures for such a fateful occasion that would decide the life-and-death of tens of
millions of people.

The First Legal Blunder

(The English translations from Burmese below are my own. tzd)
(Translations of the above Burmese Text from UPC Vs 21st Panglong, 6th UPDJC [Union Peace
Dialogue Joint Committee] Meeting [June 1-4, 2016], New Government Policy on Peace Process)
1.1. For implementing the peace-building process (1) The Myanmar Peace Center shall be
reorganized (2) To prepare for the convention of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (or)
Union Peace Conference.
1.2. Union Peace Conference and the 21st Century Panglong Conference are exactly the same.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE-BUILDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC ARMED
ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE CONVENING OF THE 21st CENTURY PANGLONG CONFERENCE ARE
TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THEIR NATURE AND LEGAL FORM, ALTHOUGH THE
DECADES-LONG ARMED CONFLICTS HAVE HAD MAINLY ROOTED IN THE ABUSES OF THE
PANGLONG AGREEMENT AND THE 1947 CONSTITUTION BY SUCCESSIVE BAMAR GOVERNMENTS
SINCE 1962.

The Second Legal Blunder

None of the parties (NLD, Government, ethnic armed organizations, political parties) themselves
have the legitimacy to hold and take part in such a conference they do not have any mandate
from the masses they think they represent. Legitimate delegates for such a fateful conference that
would seal the long-term destiny, therefore, must be selected by the masses of the would-be
participating nationalities after thorough and open discussions on the grounds of their expertise
and broad knowledge in legal matters, especially federal constitutions, for instance, and their
integrity, etc., so that they could not be bribed. I would give here just an example as a Chin
national myself: The Chin National Front, for instance, doesn't have any legitimate mandate to
take part in such a conference, because it is not a legal entity which is elected by the Chin people
for this particular purpose. It may have the rigtht to negotiate on its own behalf for peace, but it
doesn't posses the legitimacy to make any kind of treaties with any other parties on behalf of the
entire Chin people. So, in short: Any Treaty or Agreement made at such a conference by any
delegates without the direct mandate of the masses will completely lack legitimacy!

The Third Legal Blunder

If the said parties themselves do not have the legitimacy to hold and participate in such a
conference, they cannot have the right to appoint anyone to officially attend such a conference,
as they have already done. If they would hold such a conference anyway, the results of the
conference will lack legitimacy.

The Fourth Legal Blunder

The above Burmese text is about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's interpretation of the PangLong Agreement.
The following is its translation (Source: UPC Vs 21st Panglong, 6th UPDJC Meeting [June 1-4, 2016], New
Government Policy on Peace Process).
1.10. The majority of people [in Burma] think Panglong means secession. I personally put
more value on the Panglong Spirit and not on the Panglong Agreement. By the Panglong
Spirit, I mean we all (all the indigenous peoples of the country) have successfully fought
together to achieve independence. In the same manner we could strive now together to
achieve the peace, stability and development that the whole people are longing for more
quickly and smoothly.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi apparently misunderstands what the Panglong Agreement really means for the
entire peoples of the country. Without this Agreement there would never have been a country called the
Union of Burma. I personally do not believe that by simply ignoring or downplaying the importance of
such a reality could ever bring a long-lasting peace and tranquality to the country.
My latest Comment in the Irrawaddy Online News would clearly convey how I see this issue.
..................

KIO Vice Chairman Gen Gun Maw: We Hope to Gain an Equal Status in the Political
Dialogue
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY| Tuesday, June 7, 2016 |

Aung San Suu Kyi has said that the peace conference will be based on the inclusive spirit of the
first Panglong conference convened by her father Gen Aung San in 1947, and urged ethnic
groups to think about what they can concede rather than what they can gain. What do you think
of her statement?
This matter was included in our questions to Dr. Tin Myo Win on June 3rd. We told him that we are
not very clear about what the statement means. This has to be discussed seriously; we cannot just
give an answer to it. When speaking of Panglong, many topics for discussion come to mind. Whether
we refer to Panglongs spirit, agreement or pledge, we have to discuss it inclusively.

thang za dal Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 2:39 pm

Aung San Suu Kyi has said that the peace conference will be based on the inclusive spirit of the first
Panglong conference convened by her father Gen Aung San in 1947, and urged ethnic groups to think about
what they can concede rather than what they can gain.
I think Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has borrowed the last few words and urged ethnic groups to think about
what they can concede rather than what they can gain. from one of President John F. Keneddys presidential

campaign speeches. I noticed that she has used such similarly sounding words at least a couple of times
already.
Actually, these words are not appropriate at all in the present context. The simple reason is that the non-Bamar
PEOPLES have nothing to concede. What they have been demanding and fighting for for 70 years is to regain
their birthrights within their own legal territories. Countless innocent people have been tortured and murdered,
countless women have been raped and mutilated and countless properties have been robbed by the so-called
Union Armed Forces or Bamar Tatmadaw during these decades! So, if the elite Bamar politicians and highranking militarymen would sit down together and decide to give these PEOPLES their birthrights back in full,
the conference which is now under preparation would not even need to take place. THAT WOULD BE THE
REAL PANGLONG SPIRIT!
She and the leading members of her party should read the following few lines from REPORT OF THE
FRONTIER AREAS COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY, 1947
CHAPTER I
2. Terms of Reference
The terms of reference of the Committee were those quoted above. They have, of course, to be considered in
the light of the statement of the agreed objective of His Majestys Government and the Government of Burma
with which paragraph 8 of the Conclusions opens:- To achieve the early unification of the Frontier Areas and
Ministerial Burma with the free consent of the inhabitants of those areas. (p. 1)
CHAPTER II
PART III.
Right of Secession
The majority of the witnesses who favoured a federation of Burma asked for the right of secession by the states
at any time. Few federal constitutions contain provision for the secession of states. It seems to us that, if any such
right is to be contained in the federal constitution for Burma, it will have to be carefully limited and regulated.
(p. 20)
http://www.irrawaddy.com/interview/kio-vice-chairman-gen-gun-maw-we-hope-to-gain-an-equal-status-in-the-political-dialogue.html

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If I am to be very honestly frank, I personally do not believe that a long-lasting peace can ever be
implemented in Burma, even if they (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD-led government and the military)
have had not made the legal blunders mentioned above. The simple reason is that the country has long
become a battle field on many fronts - politics, economics, military, diplomacy, finance and culture, etc. for global and regional powers plus a great number of powerful institutional investors and institutions. For
several countries and institutions wars and armed flicts are simply great blessings through which they
have been accumulating great fortunes at the costs of the blood, suffering, and tears of uncountable
innocent human beings for centuries. So, in my opinion even they (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her
government and the military) themselves in reality are not in a position to independently influence the
destiny of the country no matter how hard they may try. Even then, if they still want to make an effort
anyway, then the following are my advices for them.
1. Before this conference (21st Century Panglong Conference) can be legally convened, the
original signatory nationalities of the PangLong Agreement must convene first and thoroughly
review what has had happened and what is still happening in the country to find out if a
reconciliation among them is still possible or not, because the Union of Burma which came into
existence by the Panglong Agreement exists only de facto and not de jury. The following few
excerpted passages from my 267-page Grand Strategy for Burma VII* (3rd modification: July
2015) would clearly explain what I would like to say on this particular topic. (pp. 44-47):

The real Union of Burma ceased to exist automatically the very moment General Ne Win took
political power by force on March 2, 1962. He had even officially abolished the then existing State
Constitution. Since then the former Union in fact existed only in name or de facto, but not de jure!
Then another Constitution was introduced in 1974 under highly questionable circumstances and
under coercion and cunning tricks. (See www.chinforum.org: Suppression of Chin National Movement
for Federalism Under the Revolutionary Council and the Burma Socialist Programme Party - 19621988). So, the so-called Union of Burma which continued its existence under this new Constitution
was also only in name or de facto, and not de jure. Then when the military seized state power
once again in 1988, it nullified the 1974 Constitution and ruled the country without a written consti-

stution with iron fists under the names of SPDC and later SLORC (State Peace and Development
Council and State Law and Order Restoration Council respectively)* Then came the 2008 Constitution
once more which was promulgated under blatenly manipulated circumstances while the whole
country was mourning for the death and suffering of hundreds of thousands of people as the result
of Cyclone Nargis. So, in short, any State Constitution created for a legally non-existent Union can
never be legal at all! Besides, when the said 1974 and 2008 Constitutions were drafted and
promulgated, the masses under the control of various non-Burman ethnic armed organizations did
not have - or were given - the chance to give either their approval or disapproval of them. The abovementioned factors firmly confirm the fact that what the successive governments under the name of the
Union of Burma or Union of Myanmar have been doing absolutely lack legitimacy...

Since a few years ago, one hears a lot about the holding of a Second Panglong Conference
and the signing of a Second Panglong Agreement - or a second Panglong-like Conference and a
second Panglong-like Treaty. The government itself has even been loudly propagating since it came to
power about the forming of a federal union which should even be more far-reaching and broader in
scope than the one originally envisioned by signatories of the Panglong Agreement. But in reality, what
they have been doing since then until now is exactly the opposite.
They are trying to lull the leaders of ethnic armed national movements with some childish tricks
as if they were underage children. The following are some examples:
- U Aung Min, Minister of the Presidents office, and Chief Negotiator of the government with all
armed organizations, had even derisively made this remark at a press conference one year ago:
Now I know from the Oxford Dictionary that federalism does not necessarily mean secession.
- Then even President U Thein Sein himself had publicly announced a few months ago that a
nation-wide ceasefire signing ceremony would be made at the end of October. But when things
did not turn out positively as they had expected and wished, they said now that this ceremony
would be made at the end of this month or in November. (See Govts Peacemaking Efforts Remain
Piecemeal, Observers Say; Where Is Ethnic Reconciliation Going? under ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ITEMS HEREWITH ATTACHED)
- U Aung Mins deputy chief negotiator said at a press conference in September in Chiangmai,
Thailand, that the ceasefire agreement paper would be left open in Naypyidaw, the countrys capital,
so that any ethnic armed movement, which did not want to sign it at the official signing ceremony,
may still be able to sign it later at its convenience - as if it were just a guest book.
- And then the government is right now trying to persuade armed movements that are still reluctant
to sign it wih the idea that the ceasefire signing ceremony would be attended also by some specially
invited internationally well-known prominents, including the UN Secretary-General and Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Burma.
In fact, its the contents of an agreement or a treaty that count, not who attend a signing
ceremony. The attendees of such an event will disappear after a few hours and they will not
care about what happens thereafter.
If the present or future governments and the ruling political parties and the military ever really wanted
to hold a second Panglong Conference with all non-Burman indigenous races, there must be two
separate conferences:
At first, a conference must be held solely among all the original Panglong Agreement signatory
peoples - that is, the Burmans, Chins, Kachins and Shans - plus the Kayahs or Karennis - in order to
review all the wrongdoings that have been committed by succesive Burmese governments against
Chins, Kachins, Karennis and Shans since the countrys independece in the name of the Union of
Burma to find out whether a reconciliation is still possible or not. (The reasons why the Kayahs or
Karennis must also participate is the fact that the four Karenni States became semi-independent and
British protectorates following a treaty signed between the Burmese King and the British in 1875. And
these four states became a union state under the name of Kayah State soon after independence.
(See Footnote below*, my 6-page excerpted version of the Report of the Frontier Areas Committee
of Enquiry 1947, and the 22-page original full text of the same document under ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ITEMS HEREWITH ATTACHED for more information on this issue.)
At this conference the British government should be requested to present how the AttleeGovernment had understood and interpreted all the official documents that were directly related to
Burmas independence, including that of the Panglong Conference and Panglong Agreement. The
most important point here is: If the Panglong Conference were not held nor had the Panglong
Agreement been signed, only ministerial Burma (Burma proper) would have become a sovereign

state without the other nationalities and their lands.

* The Karenni States is the name formerly given to the three states of Kantarawadi (3,161 square miles or 8,190 square kilometres,
pop (1931) 30,677), Kyebogyi (790 square miles or 2,000 square kilometres, pop (1931) 14,282) and Bawlake (568 square miles
or 1,470 square kilometres, pop (1931) 13,802), located south of the Federated Shan States and east of British Burma.
The British government recognized and guaranteed the independence of the Karenni States in an 1875 treaty with Burmese King
Mindon Min, by which both parties recognized the area as belonging neither to Burma nor to Great Britain. Consequently, the
Karenni States were never fully incorporated into British Burma. The Karenni States were recognized as tributary to British Burma in
1892, when their rulers agreed to accept a stipend from the British government. In the 1930s, the Mawchi Mine in Bawlake was the
most important source of tungsten in the world. The Constitution of the Union of Burma in 1947 proclaimed that the three Karenni
States be amalgamated into a single constituent state of the union called Karenni State. It also provided for the possibility of
secession from the Union after 10 years. In 1952, the former Shan state of Mong Pai was added, and the whole renamed Kayah
State, possibly with the intent of driving a wedge between the Karenni (in Kayah State) and the rest of theKaren people (in Karen
State), both fighting for independence. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karenni_States )

And if in case should there be a deadlock at this conference, the British government in office
should even be requested to act as mediator in its capacity as the former Colonial Power and as a
leading Christian nation as well. Britain has got at least both political and religious moral responsibilities with regard to what have been happening in Burma for decades especially since 1948,
because a great number of these events are either direct or indirect consequences of her colonial
legacy. The reason why shes got moral responsibility from religious point of view as well is the fact
that among the millions of Christian victims of successive military dictators are also members of the
the Anglican Church. (There are about 4 million Christians in Burma and the great majority of them approximately 80 to 90 % - are non-Burman indigenous national races. The Anglican Church has
about 50 000 members at any given moment. Among the Chin people alone there are some 14 000 see below.) The state in Britain finances theological studies, pays the salaries of theology professors
and bishops (most of the bishops are also Members of the House of Lords, or the Upper House of
Parliament at the same time); select and appoints the archbishops of Canterbury who also act as
the Spiritual Heads of the worldwide Anglican Communion...
Only when and if this conference (Second Panglong Conference) could be amiably concluded, it
would be meaningful to hold the second conference comprising of all indigenous national races.
Otherwise, all the same old problems that have been troubling them will keep on haunting them
for generations to come. At this second conference ethnic Burmans and all other indigenous nonBurman peoples should try to map out detailed plans for their common future destiny - the kinds of
union and constitution they like, for instance.
Any union that would be formed up in the future must only be realized in accordance with the
genuine wishes of the majority of the peoples concerned after open and thorough discussions
and debates. Successive Burmese governments have always only been accusing non-Burman
peoples of being secessionists, but the Burmans themselves have had never been asked whether
they would in fact prefer to live alone without any other non-Burman national races or not!

Those who would like to live together in a future union should also think about several options. One
option among them could be a confederation of sovereign states, for example.

Last but not least, the signing of ceasefire agreement and making peace with non-Burman
indigenous nationalities alone will not be enough to build an eternal or lasting peace. It would be
equally important for the government - and especially the military - to make peace and reconciliation
with the entire ethnic Burmans as well, because the great majority of them have also been suffering
so much under the military since 1962. And a great number of injustices are still being committed
everywhere until today by state authorities. So, until or unless the military is broadminded enough to
do this reconciliation to the fullest extent, there can never be a lasting peace in the country. And
extreme poverty is everywhere and if this poverty also is not addressed urgently and sufficiently
enough, there wlll be great social upheavels sooner or later like the ones in 1988...

2. THE MILITARY MUST BE COMPLETELY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CIVILIAN

GOVERNMENT IN POWER. This factor will even decide the life and death of the country because the
military cannot exist above the law. It won't work no matter what the 2008 Constitution says. Under the Thein
Sein government it worked. While the MPC was negotiating with the ethnic armed organizations for ceasefire
and nationwide peace, the military was intensifying its ruthless offensives against those armed organizations.
President Thein Sein had allegedly officially ordered the military three times to stop its offensives but it simply
ignored his orders. It worked because the masses knew that the government itself came to power by rigging the
election anyway, so they took it simply for granted. The fate of the entire nation depends absolutely now on Daw

Aung San Suu Kyi personally and her government. As everybody knows the military still keeps on launching
offensives anyway in Kachin, Shan and Arakan states. So the situation is extremely precarious. If she or her
government now would give the military an order to stop its current military activities and the military would
simply ignore the order, what could they (she and the government) do against the military? (As I 'm not familiar
with the 2008 Constitution, I do not have any idea if it provides them with enough control machanisms to
take effective actions against the military.) But if either she or the government would remain silent on the
military actions, people would intepret it as a tacit appoval of the military's actions. If this would happen,
all her efforts be completely ruined. And her creditability as well. That would be the end of everything.
Hopefully, she and her party are fully aware of this extremely precarious situation. After all it was her party,
and not the military, which the entire nation had elected and given the mandate to take the country's destiny
in their hands, no matter whatever the Constitution says. In short, she is the only person still left in the country
who could save the country from falling apart. And the favourable internal and external circumstancces that
are now present would most likely never be there again in the future.
BUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE SURELY MAY ASK WHETHER THE MILITARY COULD
BE PUT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT AT ALL. I SEE ONLY TWO POSSIBILITES: EITHER AMEND THE
PRESENT CONSTITUTION OR WRITE A COMPLETELY NEW CONSTITUTION! IF THE
MILITARYMEN REALLY CARE ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE AS
THEY ALWAYS SAY SO, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH IT. DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT THE AMENDMENT OF THE
PRESENT CONSTITUTION OR THE WRITING OF A NEW CONSTITUTION WOULD BE DONE ONLY
AFTER NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND PEACE HAVE FULLY BEEN ACHIEVED. BUT THE
LATEST ACTIVITIES OF THE MILITARY HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN THAT IT WON'T WORK IN
THAT WAY!
An example is one of my own latest comment on an article in the influential Irrawaddy Online News -

Embattled Ethnic Armed Groups Cast Doubt on Suu Kyis Peace Drive
By | LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY/Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |

The varying approaches of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and commander-in-chief
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing towards the peace process do not inspire confidence in its speedy
resolution. But equally worrisome is the growing doubt over Suu Kyis mooted 21st Century
Panglong Conference displayed by key ethnic armed groups that have come under
considerable attack from the Burma Army in the last six months.
Suu Kyi has signaled her desire to include all of Burmas ethnic armed groups in the
looming peace talks, but troops serving under Min Aung Hlaing have conducted intensifying
campaigns against ethnic armed groups that refused to signor were excluded from signing
the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in October last year...
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thang za dal Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 3:51 pm
The concept of the 21st Century Panglong Conference is and will remain just a pipe dream of
the NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The very simple reason is that every sign until now shows that the
new government cannot bring the military under its complete control yet and that the military still
keeps on trying to achieve a peace of its own version by pursuing its own strategy. You will never be
able to successfully hold such a fafeful conference that could and would seal the destiny of the entire
PEOPLES of Burma forever with two conflicting strategies!
http://www.irrawaddy.com/commentary/embattled-ethnic-armed-groups-cast-doubt-suu-kyis-peace-drive.htm
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21st Century Panglong Conference Set for Late July

By NAN LWIN HNIN PWINT / THE IRRAWADDY| Friday, May 20, 2016 |
RANGOON The National League for Democracys push for peace with ethnic armed groups is expected to
begin in late July, according to sources familiar with the matter.
At the office complex of the former Myanmar Peace Center in Rangoon on Thursday, the government
committee making preparations for the so-called 21st Century Panglong Conference met with the eight nonstate signatories of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), a peace pact signed with Burmas previous
government in 2015.

The committee explained that they would like to hold the conference by the end of July, Khun Myint Tun,
chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization, told The Irrawaddy...
The framework for the conference is expected to build upon the political dialogue established by the previous
government, according to NCA signatories. But, the committee will also invite 13 NCA non-signatories to
work together on creating an agenda for the conference, the signatories said.
When asked if the NCA non-signatories would be allowed to participate in the conference, Khun Myint Tun
said: They can participate from the very beginning. They will be allowed to take part in the decision-making
of developing the framework [for the conference].
At a meeting in April with the Joint Monitoring Committee, a ceasefire watchdog that includes the eight NCA
signatories, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmas state counselor, first proposed holding a Panglong-style conference.
The original Panglong Conference was convened in southern Shan State in 1947 by Suu Kyis father, Gen.
Aung San, and leaders from some of the countrys ethnic minorities, in preparation for independence from
Britain. It led to the signing of an agreement by the same name, which has been widely praised for the spirit of
inclusiveness and cooperation that it fostered between the dominant Burman majority and ethnic minorities at
the time...
The chairman of the conference preparatory committee, Dr. Tin Myo Win, said his committee in the meantime
would encourage NCA non-signatories to sign the NCA or to take part in the development of a framework for
the conference...
The committee has formed a sub-committee headed by Tin Myo Win to negotiate with NCA non-signatories,
and another sub-committee led by Gen. Yar Pyae of the Burma Army will take care of preparations for the
conference.
The Irrawaddys Moe Myint contributed reporting.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/21st-century-panglong-conference-set-late-july.html
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Khurtaikornkhaw Friday, May 20, 2016 - 5:02 pm

According to your report, 13 EAOs were to be invited. This means the 3 excluded MNDAA, TNLA and AA
should be included.
The ball is now in the non-signatory EAOs, as it is going to be all-inclusive, provided the NLD would make an
about turn and say that it is engaging the said 3 EAOs on a parallel ongoing negotiation process of either
surrendering first, as the Tatmadaw demands in order to be eligible for participation in the peace process or
endorse its continuation of war, as the NLD government policy.
The NLD would have to be transparent regarding this issue of all-inclusiveness.
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Khurtaikornkhaw Friday, May 20, 2016 - 5:51 pm

CORRECTION Please read: provided the NLD would not make an about turn
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Govt Invites UWSA, MNDAA to the Peace Table

By KYAW KHA/ THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, June 8, 2016 |
RANGOON The United Wa State Army (UWSA), Burmas largest and most powerful ethnic armed group,
and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have agreed to talk to the Burma
governments peace negotiators.
By the end of the week, the two groups will meet with a preparation subcommittee for what is being billed as
the 21st Century Panglong Conference, Hla Maung Shwe, secretary of the governments peace negotiation
team, told The Irrawaddy.
Dr. Tin Myo Win himself sent a letter [of invitation to the UWSA and MNDAA], Hla Maung Shwe said,
referring to the Burma governments chief peace negotiator...
The UWSA and MNDAA did not sign the so-called nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with former

President Thein Seins government last October. The UWSA has said before that it did not need to sign the
NCA because the truce it signed with the military regime 26 years ago has not collapsed.

http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/govt-invites-uwsa-mndaa-to-the-peace-table.html
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Army Demands Three Ethnic Allies Disarm Before Joining Peace Process
By NAN LWIN HNIN PWINT / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
RANGOON While preparations for State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyis proposed 21st Century Panglong
Conference continue, critics doubt that the conference will be inclusive while the Burma Army insists on the
disarmament of three ethnic armed groups.
A government sub-committee tasked with preparing for the upcoming peace conference met with members of
the ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) who were non-signatories to the Nationwide
Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) earlier this month in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
But the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Taang National Liberation Army (TNLA),
and Arakan Army (AA), which are engaged in ongoing fighting with the Burma Army, did not send delegates
to the meeting...
Hla Maung Shwe, a member of the conference preparatory sub-committee and former advisor to the Myanmar
Peace Center, said although the government invited the three groups to the conference and is set to meet with
them, he would seek to negotiate in line with the militarys demands for disarmament.
We are not asking them to surrender, but to give up arms. The conference is not shut to them if they want to
find ways and means, said Hla Maung Shwe, adding that he had no comment on the militarys disarmament
policy, but that he would work toward the best possible outcome.
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo at a press conference in Naypyidaw on May 13 said the military would not negotiate
peace with the MNDAA, TNLA and AAwhich had rejected the previous governments invitation to join
peace talks.
They have no choice but to disarm, said the lieutenant general.
The MNDAA, TNLA and AA said they would not disarm.
The militarys demand for disarmament is a real barrier to peace. That is totally impossible, said AA chief
Tun Myat Naing.
He said the three allies would like to discuss equality, power and resource sharing, and constitutional and
political changes, but not disarmament.
The groups expect to cooperate with Suu Kyis government, but still dare not trust in the peace process because
they do not see the National League for Democracy (NLD) government exerting significant influence over the
military, he added.
I dare not say if the peace will be successful. And I dont have much trust, said the AA chief.
Although the three allies want to hold peace talks with the government, they are also simultaneously
strengthening their forces in case military tensions arise between them and the Burma Army, Tun Myat Naing
told The Irrawaddy.
TNLA Brig-Gen Tarr Jode Jar said, I dont think disarmament will help. The Palaung State Liberation Front
(PSLF) gave up their arms in 2005. Then they were bullied.
The Palaung State Liberation Organization (PSLO) signed a cease-fire with the government in 1991. Later,
when relations soured, the Palaung (Taang) people took up arms again and formed the TNLA.
The TNLA has ongoing clashes with the Burma Army and will discuss a ceasefire and peace, but will not
accept disarmament, said TNLA officials.
The Irrawaddy could not reach the MNDAA, but the stances of the three allies are the same, said AA officials...
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Burma Army Raids Mon National Liberation Army Base

By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY | June 17, 2016

The Burma Army has seized two guns and a handheld transceiver from a Mon National Liberation Army
(MNLA) base on Thursday afternoon in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State...
The NMSP/MNLA did not sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement reached between the Thein Sein
government and eight ethnic armed groups in October last year. It is part of the United Nationalities Federal
Council, an alliance of ethnic armed groups whose members the present government is trying to woo into the
upcoming 21st Century Panglong peace conference.
http://m.irrawaddy.com/burma/burma-army-raids-mon-national-liberation-army-base.html
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3. IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE COUNTRY'S RECENT PAST HISTORY SINCE 1962, THE MAIN ROOT OF ALL
THE PROBLEMS IS ONLY THE BAMAR POLITICAL AND MILITARY ELITES. NOTHING AND NOBODY
ELSE. All THE ETHNIC PEOPLES HAVE BEEN LIVING PEACEFULLY TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE FOR EVEN
CENTURIES IN MANY INSTANCES. THIS FACTOR OR REALITY IS OUR BEST AND GREATEST CAPITAL.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL QUESTIONS NOW IS: WOULD DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI, HER PARTY
AND THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN POWER BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME EFFECTIVE CONTROL
MACHANISMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SOME GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM ABUSING THEIR PRIVILEGE
AND POWER AGAIN IN THE FUTURE?

One of the most interesting and important things - almost a miracle, one could even say - about
Burma is that, despite the successive Burmese governments chauvinistic policies toward native nonBurman races, all ethnic communities including the ethnic Burmans, are peacefully living together side
by side until today. There is no flaming hatred among them that is very common in other parts of the
world. Its also the same with all religions although the same successive Burmese governments always
try to persecute confessors of other non-Buddhist faiths. Although there were some religious conflicts,
these happened always only at local or regional levels.
(The above quotation is from my own 103-page paper:Burma's 60-Year Old Civil War (1948-2008):
A Brief Chronology. p. 56)

Conclusion
Last but not least, I would like to mention here about the existence of three youtube Links. The first 18minute youtube is the speech of the Prime Minister of the tiny Kingdom of Bhutan (40,000 sq.km with
700,000 people) on how the people handle the environment in their land and how they frugally use their
limited financial resources. The several ideas that he expressed in his speech could be invaluable for the
people of Burma and especially for the parliamentarians now in power who would make new laws in the
future.

Tshering Tobgay: This country isn't just carbon neutral -- it's carbon negative
Prime Minister of Bhutan impresses Vibrant Gujarat Summit delegates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLZT5m6jaA&feature=youtu.be
Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has
pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this illuminating talk, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering
Tobgay shares his country's mission to put happiness before economic growth and set a world standard
for environmental preservation.- BY Ted Talks
The second and third youtubes are the interviews of Princess June Bellamy aka Yadana Nat Mae, who
was married to the late General Ne Win. These youtubes could be interesting for those who are
interested in an important part of the history of the country's recent past. The film is titled: Rhapsody in
June.

Last Princess of Myanmar, June Bellamy's Marriage to Dictator, General Ne Win

(English)
June Bellamy, the last Princess of Burma, also known as Myanmar, was married to Myanmars Dictator U Ne Win who
ruled the country from 1962 to 1988. I was interested in knowing more about this 84 year old woman who was teaching
cooking in this trailer.
My grandmother is Yadana Nat Mai aka June Bellamys cousin, and I remember my grandmother telling me stories
about Bellamy often when I was a little girl. With the help of Directors, Barbara Andriano and Guendalina di Marco,
we arranged a place where June Bellamy and I can see each other. I not only wanted to meet her to know more about
my personal roots, but I wanted to understand her point of view on Burmas history. I wanted to know why the last
princess of Myanmar married the dictator of Burma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZWao_BybKk

Intv. with the Last Burmese Princess June Bellamy on General Ne Win
(Burmese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DadUUv_ZPu0

Respectfully yours,

Thang Za Dal (Mr)

Grindelallee 141
20146 Hamburg
Germany
June 17, 2016.
Note 1. History of this Open Supplication: The first Supplication was dated July 19, 2014 and
disseminated to a number of recipients. Then it was modified for the first time in September 2014 bearing
the date of September 3, 2014. The second modification then was once again done in Febuary 2015 and
dated February 7, 2015. It also was disseminated to a number of recipients. Then a 3rd modification was
made with a number of new Links and a few important corrections. It was then disseminated once again
around August 24, 2015. Then the 4th modication was made in December and dated 17th December
2015. The 5th modification was released on February 25, 2016. In this current version, all theological
contents from its previous modification remain unchanged; only new political items are added to it. The
28-page complete text of it (the 5th modification) in PDF is also added at the end of this latest version for
those who have had not accessed it, or the complete text (40 pages) may be accessed at the following
Link.
https://de.scribd.com/doc/316144114/An-Open-Supplication-to-the-Present-and-Future-Rulers-of-Burma

Note 2. I'm the author of a few political papers on Burma. Among them are, for instance, a 186-page
paper titled: GRAND STRATEGY FOR BURMA VIII (https://de.scribd.com/doc/223075248/GrandStrategy-for-Burma-VIII; BURMA'S 60-YEAR OLD CIVIL WAR (1948-2008): A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY;
SOME STRATEGIC CONCEPTS FOR THE RE-BUILDING OF BURMA; and a 663-page paper under the
title of THE CHIN/ZO PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH, BURMA AND INDIA: AN INTRODUCTION (XVIII),
etc. The Link below is that of the 337-page excerpt;
https://de.scribd.com/doc/18092021/The-Chin-Zo-People-of-Bangladesh-Burma-and-India-An-Introduction-XVIII

Note 3. I'm pretty certain that you may surely be wondering what the biblical references in the

AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL mean. Here are what these
verses say:
Hosea 2: 4. I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.
Matthew 5:9. Bless are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Ephesians 2:14-16. 14 Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who
are God's possession to the praise of his glory. 15 For this reason, ever since I
heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.16 I have not
stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
(These verses are from The Holy Bible New International Version).
In fact, I myself am wondering if these verses, perhaps with the exception of Matthew 5:9, could be
relevant at all to the contents of this Appeal and the time and circumstances in which it was made. Hosea
in the first reference was a minor prophet of Israel around BC 800 and the person who spoke to him
should be the biblical God. And the woman was Hosea's adulterous wife and the chidren were their own
three children. Many Christian theologians and scholars imply the wife and children should symbolize his
(God) relationship with the ever disobeying Israelites (disobeying God's laws), but since you are not
Israelites anyway, I cannot see the connection between this verse and you. And the third reference is just
about the writing of Paul (or Paul the Apostle), who had lived sometime between 5 BC and 70 AD. He
was a Jew converted to Christianity and became a missionary in the Asia Minor. However, he himself was
not a disciple of Jesus. The biblical verses were his writing to the saints of Ephesus, an ancient Greek city
in present-day Turkey. Here also I cannot see the connection between these verses and you, since 99% of
you are not Christian and did not live in Asia Minor 2,000 years ago. I simply cannot figure out why the
authors of this Appeal had chosen these verses for someones who do not have any ideas at all about
Christianity! And I cannot see the reason of connecting these events that had happened in Isael 3,000
years ago and in Asia Minor 2,000 years ago respectively with what is happening now in Burma.
As for the Matthew 5:9 verse, it's alright because these were the words of Jesus recorded in the Bible.
In fact, there are enough Jesus' own words in the four Gospels that should better be relevant to the
Appeal in question. The authors of this Appeal should or could have, for instance, even quoted Matthew
5:1 to 12 as I myself have done above. What I want to say here in short is that, if they had wanted to use
biblical verses either as a means to warn you against your persecuting the Christians in the country or to
humbly plead for your mercy on behalf of them, there are ample appropriate Jesus' own teachings for
such purposes in the Gospels.
Note 4. When I observe what the majority of the previous rulers of the country have been doing for
decades with the Chin people in Chin State, for instance, I get the very strong impression that most of
them did not even know who the Chins really are, how they live, how much they have been suffering
under their decades-long rule, and how they (the Chins) worship their Deities (the biblical God and Jesus).
I'm therefore giving you now the present and future rulers - a few selected youtube Links below that
would show you some parts of their culture (original folk dances and secular songs, for instance) and how
they worship their Deities (singing Christian songs in praise of them), and also about their social activities
in Burma itself and India, and in some other countries as well where they are living mostly as workers or
refugees. (By the way, about 85% of the Chins in Burma circa 500,000 - in Chin State and another
circa 1,000,000 - elsewhere in Burma is Christian; the rest 10-15% - is shared equally by both Buddhist
and Animist. In like manner, about 99% of the Zo population of approximately 2-3 million in Assam,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura states in India is Christian.)
Note 5. Five rather unusual information pieces, which I did perchance find in the Internet very recently,
are also posted together with this Supplication in the hope that some people might be interested to find
out how two of the world's oldest civilizations see the destiny of this world and humanity and that there
are great wisdoms not only in the Judeo-Christian religions, but elsewhere as well. However, there's no
any other hidden motives behind my posting these items here.
Mayan End Age 12.21.2012 heralds a New Age of Spiritual Enlightenment

http://www.adishakti.org/mayan_end_times_prophecy_12-21-2012.htm
The Prophecy of The Return of a Supreme Being
http://adishakti.org/_/Prophecy_Of_The_Return_Of_A_Supreme_Being.htm
Golden Age in Hindu & Mayan Calendar - Mayan Calendar Corroborates Hindu Prophecy
http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/a/goldenage.htm
One Cosmic Day of Creator Brahma
http://hindureligionn.blogspot.de/2013/11/one-cosmic-day-of-creator-brahma.html
Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory - Hinduism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_interpretations_of_the_Big_Bang_theory
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Note. 6. Some of the 27 Youtube Links below will show you, as I have already said above, how the Chin
Christians are more obsessed with spending all their waking hours singing religious songs in praise of
their God and saying prayers to him rather than engaging in any political activities against you.
Some Chin/Zo Folk Dances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHKtDotnMY
1/5 of the 60th Chin National Day in Frankfurt, Germany (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL32vYA4s3w
Zo Lia Nu (My beloved Zo Sweetheart)
Composed/Sung/Edited and Produced by Cinpi (Idol) & Group
Models: Zam Bawi (girl); Khual (boy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyDCGaVD60
A modern Zo song sung by a group of young Zo girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQ0n2rEou4
Mizoram University Students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwD8K_RAPP0
Welcome December 2008 (Concert & Fashion Show), Yangon, Burma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8OpR-bIqo
Sweet December 2012 (Concert & Fashion Show)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwGTlzEJqk
64th Chin National Day in Singapore (2012) Part A-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Po90_mzAc
64th Chin National Day in Singapore (2012) Part A-2
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMegsI_aFE

65th Chin National Day (Singapore)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZPfk-5y_Q&spfreload=10
66th Chin National Day 2014 (celeberated in Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVZVHwrPT0
67th Chin National Day - 2015 (celeberated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNIEGwbWrs
67th Chin National Day 2015 (Video produced by Chins in Singapore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1gxIFrBQM
Hinkhua Dawn Changin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQagpSsVqTA
Topa Hoih hi (God is Good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nneRHKGHJfg
Asho (or Plains) Chin Gospel Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvV5lPTOyd0&spfreload=10
We are One (A song sung by a few young Chin/Zo Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcT9_YunwXo
Zan Siangtho (Holy Night)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnR4r_W3id8
Ka Gam Uh Damsak In (Heal Our Land)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsLkH-ENBUs&feature=youtu.be
Puan Ngou Silh (Those Who Are Wearing White Gowns)
Some Chin/Zo Folk Dances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHKtDotnMY
1/5 of the 60th Chin National Day in Frankfurt, Germany (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL32vYA4s3w
Zo Lia Nu (My beloved Zo Sweetheart)
Composed/Sung/Edited and Produced by Cinpi (Idol) & Group
Models: Zam Bawi (girl); Khual (boy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyDCGaVD60
A modern Zo song sung by a group of young Zo girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQ0n2rEou4
Mizoram University Students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwD8K_RAPP0
Welcome December 2008 (Concert & Fashion Show), Yangon, Burma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8OpR-bIqo
Sweet December 2012 (Concert & Fashion Show)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwGTlzEJqk
64th Chin National Day in Singapore (2012) Part A-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Po90_mzAc
64th Chin National Day in Singapore (2012) Part A-2
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMegsI_aFE
65th Chin National Day (Singapore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZPfk-5y_Q&spfreload=10
66th Chin National Day 2014 (celeberated in Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVZVHwrPT0
67th Chin National Day - 2015 (celeberated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNIEGwbWrs
67th Chin National Day 2015 (Video produced by Chins in Singapore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1gxIFrBQM
Hinkhua Dawn Changin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQagpSsVqTA
Topa Hoih hi (God is Good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nneRHKGHJfg
Asho (or Plains) Chin Gospel Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvV5lPTOyd0&spfreload=10
We are One (A song sung by a few young Chin/Zo Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcT9_YunwXo
Zan Siangtho (Holy Night)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnR4r_W3id8
Ka Gam Uh Damsak In (Heal Our Land)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsLkH-ENBUs&feature=youtu.be
Puan Ngou Silh (Those Who Are Wearing White Gowns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMEkFbK48o
Ngaihte Pathian Ni ropui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjfj2uDG_zI
Fak Ru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUzlVFuA28
Ka chawl tawk ang (I Will Put Down My Burden and Take a Rest)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66kLtrVOjs
Khovel Ki Pak Hen (Let the whole world praise!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMEkFbK48o
Ngaihte Pathian Ni ropui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjfj2uDG_zI
Khuavel kipak hen Let the whole world Praise!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pANkLbizs
Jerusalem Thar (New Jerusalem) Traditional tune ((lengkhawm zai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTsuSQ3V1mk
Lawmna Thuruk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytgfusfq4P4
It's Well With My Soul (Hmar Choir in New Delhi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEv3bALYDpk
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I did ask a number of people who are familiar with the 3-part youtubes below and the current situation in he country as
well. They told me that all the starving people in the scenes in these youtubes are from within Yangon itself, the former
capital of the country, and along the railway lines in central Burma, and some war refugees along the Burma-Thai
border.
Burma Part (1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzhVnuZDbHE
Burma Part (2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OBjmU2LUeI
Burma Part (3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLz_Ed2NNT0
Thumbnails of Youtube Links Listed Above
(created in this form by thangzadal. Hamburg. 04.16)

______________________________________________________________
AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
(From Myanmar Catholic Bishops And The Myanmar Council Of Churches)
September 24, 1999, Yangon, Myanmar
May the Peace and Grace of Jesus Christ and God be with you!
A. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches were formed with
the objectives of all Christians in Myanmar to work for Christ's Mission.
B. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference, an organization comprised of 13 Bishops, has been
working hard leading 12 Catholic regions.
C.
The Myanmar Council of Churches, a leading national Christian ministry, is comprised of 13
members of national Christian denominations that are affiliated with 9 other prominent Christian
organizations such as the Young Women Christian and the Young Men Christian Association. The leaders,
as well as the members of these organizations, under the above two major organizations are all citizens
of Myanmar.
D. Although both of the two major organizations are cooperating with other organizations around the
world, they are freely operating in their own cause.
E. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches are working for
human developments for the benefit of the mission and the country. They establish hospitals, clinics, and
schools that are basic necessities for a peaceful society; and selfless doctors and teachers are sacrificing
in the good cause. Until today, they have established such things as a hospital for leprosy, school for the
deaf, school for the blind, school for elderly care, school for orphans and are providing their best
possible care for the aban- doned and refugees.
F. They are also working with their best possible efforts for better environments, efficient transportation,
welfare and developments of the lives of young people, women, and children.
G. To be able to undertake the above mentioned mission responsibilities, the Myanmar Catholic Bishops
Conference has formed the "Peace and Justice Commission" and the Myanmar Council of Churches has
formed the "Reconciliation and Peace Commission." The basic Biblical principle of the Commission is as
follows:
H. Being faithful believers of the peaceful God, who governs with everlasting love, we believe that as we
are responsible to build and prosper the virtues that will end conflicts and promote justice and peace,
which has always been desired by the people, we will carry but this task so long as we are alive.
(Biblical References: Hosea 2:4; Matthew 5:9; Ephesians 2:14-16).
I. We would like to present the hardships and obstacles we have faced while undertaking these tasks in
recent years to the national heads. Prohibition of Christian evangelical works in some states and
townships, expulsion of mission workers, prohibition of worship services, arrests and persecutions, forced
renunciation of Christian faith, and destroying of Christian crosses have been encountered. In some states,
repairing of Christian buildings was not allowed.
Permission for building was not allowed or permission was delayed. For Christians, crosses are very
important because they are the symbols of sacrifice and service for human beings. Therefore, a place for
worship and a place for erecting Christian crosses are of prime importance.
In publication of Christian literature, some words and vocabularies were not allowed or were
restricted by the censorship board. This restriction can consequently lessen the warm relationship among
religious organizations.
Due to the above obstacles, Christians have no peace of mind.
Therefore, with the aims of building a new developed and modern country by joining hands in unity with
all ethnic nationalities and Burmese, we would like to request and present to the national leaders to solve
the above mentioned obstacles. Also, in the future, we will present the needs and difficulties to you as
necessary.
The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches would also like to
state that on the basis of love and justice, we would always try to build a long lasting reconciliation and
peace. May the grace and peace of the ever-lasting God bestow upon our national leaders and our
motherland! Amen! (Source: RODODENDRON VIII No. VI Nov.-Dec. 2000.

Burma's Catholics Celebrate 500th Jubilee With Events in Rangoon.

http://www.irrawaddy.org/multimedia-burma/burmas-catholics-celebrate-500th-jubilee-events-rangoon.html

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A TRUE LETTER OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
Consecrating the Drops of Blood which Our Lord Jesus lost on His way to Calvary.
Copy of a letter of the Oration found in the Holy Sepulche of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem
preserved in a silver box by His Holiness and by the Emperors and Empresses of the Christian Faith.
St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget wishing to know something of the
Passion of Jesus Christ offered fervent and special prayer, upon which there appeared to them Our
Lord Jesus Christ who spoke to them in the following manner:
I descended from Heaven to the Earth in order to convert you. In olden times people were religious
and their harvests were abundant; at present on the contrary, they are scanty. If you want to reap an
abundant harvest you must not work on Sunday for on Sunday you must go to church and pray to God
to forgive your sins. He gave you six days in which to work and one for rest and devotion and to tender
your help to the poor and assist the Church.
Those people, who brawl against my religion and cast slurs on this Sacred Letter, shall be foresaken
by me. On the contrary, those people who shall carry a copy of this letter with them shall be free from
death by drowning and from sudden death. They shall be free from all contagious diseases and lightning,
they shall not die without confession and shall be free from their enemies and from the hand of wrongful
authority, and from all their slanderers and false witnesses.
Women in peril at childbirth will, by keeping this Oration about them, immediately overcome the
difficulty. In the houses where this Oration is kept, no evil thing will ever happen and, forty days before
the dealth of a person who has this Oration about him or her.
To all those faithful who shall recite for 3 years, each day 2 Our Fathers, 2 Glorys, and 2 Hail
Marys, in honour of the drops of blood I lost, I will concede tha following 5 graces:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

The plenary indulgence and remittance of your aims.

You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you, it will be the same as if you had
completed them.
It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith.
I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives until the fourth generation.

Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150, there who trailed me while I was bound
were 23. The excutioners of justice were 83; the blows received on my head were 150; those on my
stomach were 108; kicks on my shoulders 80; I was led bound with cords by the hair 24 times; spits in
the face were 180; I was beaten on the body 6666 times; beaten on the head 110 times. I was roughly
pushed and at 12 oclock was lifted up by the hair, pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard were 23
times; received 20 wounds on the head; thorns of marine junks 72, prick of thorns on the head 110,
mortal thorns in the forehead 3. I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the
body 1000. The soldiers who led me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched me were 3; and
those who mocked me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28 430.
Benedettadas- S
POPE LEO XIII
In Rome, 5 April, 1890
1st Printing 1982. 3000
2nd Printing 1982. 2000
3rd Printing 1983. 4000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CATHOLIC PRESS, KALEMYO, Burma. (Its a word-for-word reproduction from the original text done by
Thang Za Dal. Hamburg/23.05.2002.)

VISIONS OF GOD, JESUS AND HEAVEN

Revelation 1
Johns Vision of Christ
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are
ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
10 On the Lords Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
11 which said: Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden
lampstands,
13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to
his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing
waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged
sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said:
Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys
of death and Hades.
19 Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands
is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven
churches.
The Throne in Heaven
Revelation 4
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had
first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take
place after this. 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with
someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow
that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other
thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of
gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In
front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits [a] of God. 6 Also in front
of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the
throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first
living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth
was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes

all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,[b]
who was, and is, and is to come.
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who
lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and
worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.
Revelation 20:6
6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has
no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand
years.
Revelation 21
A New Heaven and a New Earth
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed
away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying, Look! Gods dwelling place is now among the people, and he will
dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death[b] or mourning or crying or
pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Revelation 21:10-27
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city
Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a
most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at
the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were
inscribed 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the
west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates
and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city
with his rod, 12,000 stadia.4 Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its
wall, 144 cubits5 by jhuman measurement, which is also kan angels measurement. 18 The wall was
built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the
city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third
agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth
beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21And the
twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city
was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its
lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth swill bring their
glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by dayand there will be no night there. 26 They
will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it,
nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the
Lambs book of life.
Revelation 22
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the
throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the
leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne
of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face,
and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light
of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever
and ever. 6 The angel said to me, These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who
inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place. 7
Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this
scroll. 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them,
I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to
me, Dont do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who
keep the words of this scroll. Worship God! 10 Then he told me, Do not seal up the words of the
prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do
wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let
the holy person continue to be holy. 12 Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I
will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they
may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the
dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this
testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.
17 The Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one who hears say, Come! Let the one who
is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. 18 I warn everyone
who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add
to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this
scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy
City, which are described in this scroll. 20 He who testifies to these things says, Yes, I am coming
soon.Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with Gods people. Amen.
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finger to move them.
who dwells in it. zzAnd he who
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most important seats in the synand cummin. But you have neglected
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law-justice, mercv and faithfuln ess.
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without negiectini the former. 24You
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blind gr:,ides! You strain out a gnar
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out swailow a camel.
'father',
call anyone on earth
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for you
have one Father,and he is in heaven.
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'teacher',
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clean the ourside of thd tup and dish,
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but inside thev are fuLl of-ereed
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himself will be humbled. and
dish, and then the outside als; will
whoever humbles himself wili be
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exalted.
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and Pharisees, vou hvpocrites! You
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are like whitewashed iombs. which
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are the descendantsof those who
murdered the prophets. 32Fill up,
then, lhe measureof the sin of vour
forelathersl
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d e m n e dt o ' h e l l ? u T h e r e f o r JI a m
sendinqvou orooheisand wise men
and te;chers.So;1eoI them vou wiil
kill and crucify; othersyou iaill flog
in your synagoguesand pursue lrom
lown to town.35Andso uoon vou will
come all the rishteous blbod ihat has
been shed on earth. from the blood
of rishteous Abel to the blood of
Zechariahson of Berakiah,whom you
murdered benveen the temple ind
the altar.36ltell vou the truth. all this
will comeupon tlis -lerusalem.
seneration.
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who kill the oroohers.and .stonethose
sent to you. hor,rioften I have ionged
to gatheryour childrentogether,as a
hei gath6rs her ihicks "under her
wings. but you were not 'rwilling.
ral-o-ok,your- house is left to you
desolate.3eForI tell vou. vou will not
see me asain until iou siv. 'Blessed
is he whd comesin'the nime of the
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to call his
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be left on another:every one wili be
throwndown."
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end of the aee?"
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no-one deceivesyou. sFor many will
'I
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wars, but see io it that you are not
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UN Chief Calls for Burma to Investigate Military Rape Claims

By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY On Thursday, April 24, 2014 @ 5:06 pm

The chief of the United Nations has officially called on the Burmese government to conduct
full investigations into allegations of rape and sexual assault made against its soldiers,
according to a document made public this week.
A report to the UN Security Council from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon titled Conflictrelated Sexual Violence, addressed the issue of sexual violence in 20 countries around
the world, including Burma.
I call on the Government of Myanmar to fully investigate and respond to current and
historical human rights violations and abuses, including crimes of sexual violence, Ban
Ki-moon said in the report, which is dated March 13 but has only just been made public.
He urged the government to work to develop a comprehensive protection and service
response for survivors of sexual violence, with the UNs support.
Burmese womens organizations and campaigners, who have long called for allegations of
sexual violence by the military to be independently investigated, welcomed the secretarygenerals intervention.
The Thailand-based Womens League of Burma (WLB) in January said in a report it had
documented more than 100 cases of soldiers raping women and girlsthe majority in
war-torn Kachin and Shan statessince 2010. In a statement Thursday, the group said
that it welcomes this clear recognition of State failure to deal with past and present
military sexual violence in Burma.
WLB pointed out, however, that previous government-led investigations into military rape
have not only failed to deliver justice, but have led to further humiliation and intimidation
of rape survivors and their communities.
We are still concerned about how the government would conduct [investigations] if they
agreed to implement the UN secretary-generals recommendation, said Tin Tin Nyo,
secretary of WLB, an umbrella organization representing 13 different ethnic women
groups.
Ban Ki-moons report will be discussed at a Security Council debate on Friday on sexual
violence. The United Kingdom-based Burma Campaign group issued a statement urging
the British government to take a strong stance on the issue.
Burma Campaign UK welcomes the fact that the UN Secretary General is focusing more
on sexual violence in Burma, and has called for investigations, said Zoya Phan, the
groups campaigns manager.
However, the United Nations has made dozens of calls on the Burmese government to
hold credible investigations into human rights violations, and all have been ignored. It is
time the United Nations established its own investigation.
Campaigners say the secretary generals comments follow years of documenting the
abuses of Burma Army soldiers, and the impunity that usually follows allegations. Soldiers
accused of rape are regularly punished internally by the military rather than in the civilian
courts, if they are held to account at all.

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WLBs report in January noted of rape allegations against the military that, Their
widespread and systematic nature indicates a structural pattern: rape is still used as an
instrument of war and oppression. It said allegations of rape by soldiers, which may
constitute war crimes, should be independently investigated.
Shortly after their report in January, presidential spokesman Ye Htut in an interview with
Reuters denied the groups allegation that the military uses rape as a weapon, and asked
for the group to share more detailed information about the allegations.
Jessica Nhkum, the joint-secretary of the Kachin Women Association Thailand, who
documents rape cases by the Burma Army, told The Irrawaddy that the problem was not
going away. In the first quarter of 2014, new allegations have continued to emerge, she
said.
Although we could not reach all areas in our war-torn Kachin State, even in the reachable
areassuch as near Myitkyina, Laiza, Mai Ja Yang and in northern Shan Statewe have
documented several cases of rape by Burmese soldiers in 2014, she said.
And with renewed fighting in Kachin State and northern Shan State breaking out during
Burmese New Year last week, activists stressed that more rape cases may soon be
reported.
Soldiers have been accused of raping girls as young as 7 in Kachin State, as in one case
from November 2013. And a 13-year-old girl in Mon State was allegedly raped by a soldier
in January 2014, just as the WLBs report documenting rape allegations was published.
The government in the past has repeatedly denied claims of rape by its troops.
In 2002, the Shan Women Action Network, a member of WLB, published a report including
such allegations, titled License to Rape. Following publication, women were allegedly
forced to sign denials refuting the facts in the report, according to WLBs Tin Tin Nyo.
We dont want the kind of reaction this time as we have examples of before, said Tin Tin
Nyo.
As for the presidents spokespersons suggestion to release information to them for
further investigation, it is impossible. We have to consider the safety of those women,
who are already being victimized.

Article printed from The Irrawaddy Magazine: http://www.irrawaddy.org

URL to article: http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/un-chief-calls-burma-investigatemilitary-rape-claims.html

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Kachin teachers: chronology of an unsolved murder!

Map permission of Kachinland News!Map permission of Kachinland News!

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By KACHINLAND NEWS!
26 January 2015!
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The people of Kachin State and across Burma were shocked by the brutal murder of two young
schoolteachers in a church compound in Muse last week. Several domestic and international
agencies, as well as embassies, have voiced outrage over the incident, as much evidence is
pointing towards soldiers from the Burmese army as culprits.!

The local government has formed a tribunal to investigate the case, and no charges have as yet
been leveled.!

Police officers from Muse, high-ranking officers from Lashio and state capital Taunggyi, and Shan
States Kachin Affairs Minister have been tasked with investigating the case. According to
Kachinland News, local sources claim that those assigned to investigate the case are conducting
their duties amid fear of reprisals.!

The following is a chronology laid out by Kachinland News, a media partner of DVB. It is based on
local sources from the village where the murders, and possibly rapes, of Maran Lu Ra (20) and
Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin (21), took place.!
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7 am, 19 Jan 2015: About 40 Burmese army soldiers from 503rd LIB, under Kyaukme-based 1st
Military Operations Command, led by Maj. Aung Soe Myint, arrived in Kawnghka village, located
between Nam Tau and Mung Paw in Muse Township, from Mongkoe area on 19 Jan at around 7
am.!

19 Jan: Maj. Aung Soe Myint and about 20 soldiers quartered in three civilian homes and villagers
were commanded to provide quarters for them. 20 other soldiers [were] positioned in groups
around the village to guard against intruders.!

6 pm, 19 Jan: The two teachers went to a birthday party for the child of a 10-house headman in the
evening. The headmans house is located about 190 yards from the church compound where the
teachers live.!

9 pm, 19 Jan: The two teachers went to a bench latrine in the backyard of the headmans house
and saw some Burmese soldiers standing on sentry duty. They went back inside the headmans
house and told the hosts about their encounter with Burmese soldiers.!

10 pm, 19 Jan: The two teachers returned to their home at about 10 pm with some villagers. A local
source said those soldiers followed the two teachers to their home in the church compound.!
Related Stories!

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International) Child soldiers and Burmas long road to reform!
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Thousands turn out for Kachin schoolteachers funeral!

1 am, 20 Jan: Three villagers from a nearby house went to look at the teachers house as they
heard crying and groaning sounds. The three villagers found the door locked and didnt hear any
sound when they knocked the door. So they returned to their house.!

4 am, 20 Jan: Two four-wheeled cars departed from the Burmese army camp on 20 Jan at around
4 am. One more truck departed at around 7 am.!

7 am, 20 Jan: One student went to the teachers house and called their names, but there was no
reply.!

8:30 am, 20 Jan: Another neighbour pushed the door and found the bodies of the two teachers.
More villagers came to the crime scene.!

9 am, 20 Jan: Witnesses found that both teachers were stabbed several times with a kitchen knife
and badly beaten on their heads. Villagers found one wooden stick used for a fireplace and several
footprints [resembling] army combat boots.!

20 Jan: Some villagers were stopped by Burmese army soldiers and asked to delete pictures taken
at the crime scene.!

20 Jan: About 200 more Burmese army troops arrived in Kawnghka village and surrounded the
entire village.!

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This article was originally published in Kachinland News on 25 January 2014.!
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Burma Army rapes and kills two Kachin girls and attacks multiple villages in Kachin State!
Kachin State, Burma!
22 Jan 2015!

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Dear friends,!
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We have tragic information to pass on. Two Kachin girls were raped and killed on 19 January 2015
by troops of the Burma Army. The girls were named Maran Lu Ra, age 20, and Tangbau Hkawn
Nan Tsin, age 21. They were from Myitkyina and sent by the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) as
volunteer missionaries to teach about Gods love to the people in Northern Burma along the Shweli
River and the Kachin State-Shan State border. The KBC church sends volunteers two by two every
year into areas of need such as this area. The rape occurred in the KBC church compound in
Kawng Hka Village, Nam Tao Township, Muse District, Northern Shan State. On the night of 19
January, Burma Army troops came into the church ground where the girls were sleeping and raped
and then beat them to death.!

Kachin girls raped by Burma Army, 19 Jan 2015 (photo KBC)!

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FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE 5TH MODICATION,
I AM ATTACHING IT HEREWITH.

AN OPEN PERSONAL SUPPLICATION TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE RULERS OF BURMA/MYANMAR

(5th Modification)

RESPECTED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

The Myanmar Catholic Bishops and the Myanmar Council of Churches did make an Appeal to the
previous government of the country, dated September 24, 1999, under the title of
AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
Although about 16 years have passed since this Appeal was made, the plight of the Christians in Burma
mentioned in that Appeal remains unchanged. (The Appeal in question is herewith attached below.)
In some cases their situation is even getting worse. For instance, there are some allegations that local
Christians were forced by government soldiers in non-Burman peoples' regions at gunpoint to construct
some Buddhist monasteries and pagodas without pay. I shall present here as a case study the Chin
Human Rights Organization's report on the situation of Chin Christians in Chin State.
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/Threats_to_Our_Existence.pdf

Burma

54.3m
4.6m
8.50%
In 2014, at least 20 Christians were killed in clashes with the army. There
has been a rise in nationalist religious movements in the past few years,
with Buddhist nationalist groups putting pressure on the government to
adopt laws that would make life harder for Christians, such as limiting
conversions and restricting interfaith marriages.
The Guardian UK. July 2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jul/27/where-in-the-world-is-it-worst-place-to-be-a-christian
My simple aim of making this Supplication to you now is just to allay your fear - and certainly your
dislike as well - of the Christianity and Christians in Burma particularly. I must honestly admit here that, if
one reads what the members of this religion have been doing to each other in the very names of
the biblical God and Jesus, whom they claim to be worshipping, during the past 2,000 years of their
existence, they are extremely fearsome indeed. So the Buddhists' fear of them is fully justifiable.
However, I believe that I could assure you with certainty that at least the Christians in Burma are
absolutely harmless for you personally, for Buddhism and above all else for the security of the country as
a whole for the following simple, yet concrete reasons:
Their wealthy and powerful fellow Christians from the West are now investing billions of dollars in the
country. And several powerful institutions both state and private from these countries have also
been so generously helping you in numerous ways for decades. Nowadays, even the military establishment of two of the most powerful Christian nations on earth that is, the United States of America and
the United Kingdom - are reported to have been working closely together with the country's military.
Christians in the whole country number only about 4 million (90 % of them are non-Burman
indigeneous national races) out of the country's total population of 52 million. And as nearly all of
them are - due mainly to your oppression, neglect and discrimination against them in every possible
way barely physically surviving. For example, Chin State, which is only about 4,000 sq. km smaller
than Switzerland, had had only 1,200 km-long dry-season-only and jeepable motor car roads until
very recently. At present a few existing roads are being lengthened and expanded with the aid of

Japan. But the construction companies are from Burma and said to be owned solely by Burmese
businessmen. They bring their own construction workers from Burma and do not employ the local
people. See the following news piece:
Press Releases
October 2, 2015

Signing of Grant Agreement with Myanmar: Supporting reconstruction in floodedareas

Signing ceremony
On September 24 and October 1, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed two
grant agreements (G/As) with the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to
provide grant aid of up to a total of 3.982 billion yen. The projects under these grant aid
agreements are described below.

(2) The Project for Improvement of Road Construction and Maintenance Equipment in
Kachin State and Chin State (G/A signed October 1, total amount of aid: 2.74 billion
yen [$25m])
Of approximately 159,000 kilometers of roadways in Myanmar, only about 23
percent, or 37,000 kilometers, is paved with asphalt or concrete. In its 30-Year Road
Development Plan formulated for 2001 to 2030, the Government of Myanmar has
taken these circumstances into account to further road improvements throughout the
country, including road pavement targets.
In Kachin State (area: 89,000 square kilometers, population: 1.29 million) and Chin
State (area: 36,000 square kilometers, population: 480,000), the poorest and least
developed areas in the country, torrential rains frequently cause bridge washouts and
land-related disasters such as collapsed roads and landslides, and as a result, the
road infrastructure lags behind other states and regions in the country. As the trunk
roads connecting the state capitals with regional cities have deteriorated, building
road infrastructure is a priority for ensuring local residents can access public services
and for supporting economic activities with a secure logistics network.
This project will procure new road construction equipment to build and expand 141
kilometers of roads in Kachin State and 109 kilometers of roads in Chin State where
development lags. These improvements are expected to further the road infrastructure
and stimulate economic activities in the two states. Technical lessons will be provided at
one of the Ministry of Constructions central training centers in a transfer of technology
to provide the knowledge required for road construction and maintenance. This will
improve the technical capacity for road improvements and improve the quality of the
infrastructure.
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/news/press/2015/151002_02.html
(If my information is true, most of you, the present rulers of the country - Members of Parliament and
the leading members of the Military Establishment, that is - are believed to have never been to Chin
State before. So you did not have an idea about the poor infrastructure and poverty in it until many
parts of it were badly damaged during last year's rainy season. (I'm therefore giving you a 30-minute
Youtube Link here anyway so that you may get a rough picture even before he great damages
that had been caused by rains and landslides. This youtube video film must have been taken sometime
in 2014 or 2015 as it was uploaded on the Internet in June, 2015. This travelogue deals with
a journey between Kalaymyo in Sagaing Division and Falam, a town in northern Chin State. The

distance between them is about 75 miles or 100 km. It's titled Mysterious Chin State:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2bIrGNE3E .
(Note for outsiders who are not familiar with the current situation in Burma and espcially about Chin
State: Since late July until September heavy rainfalls and flood have caused great destructions
in several parts of the country. And torrential heavy rains and landslides have totally damaged
nearly all motor car roads and several towns and villages as well in Chin State. Affected areas in it
can be seen under Flood Affected areas in Myanmar 2015 in the Internet.) Several religious and
secular emergency relief groups were formed up everywhere. One of these groups was led by a
highly revered and well-known ethnic Burman Buddhist monk, Sayadaw U Thukemingalah, Abbot
of Dae-Oo Monastery. The youtube Link below is about his sharing of his personal experience in
Magwe Division, Rakhine and Chin states during his relief work with his audience in Singapore. He
made a number of positive remarks on the Christian Chins in southern Chin State bordering the
Rakhine State in contrast to the ones he made on Buddhist Burmans in Magwe Division and Buddhist
Rakhines in Rakhine State. He attributed the positive qualities that he found among the Chins to
Christian ethics. However, I personally wonder if Christian ethics alone have to be given credit in this
case. (Note: I personally understand that the Buddhist Burmans and Buddhist Rakhines in question
who he compares with the Christian Chins were mainly only the flood victims who had received his
group's relief goods or a few others he came across on his journey; they may not therefore reflect the
characteristics of the Chin, Burman and Rakhine populations elsewhere in general.)
https://www.facebook.com/innpipage/videos/741217589344123/?pnref=story
An estimated 170,000 Chins alone have left the country since 20 years ago due to economic
hardship, oppression, discrimination and neglect in Chin State and also in other parts of the country.
(Here are some estimated statistics on Chins who are living now in exile either as refugees or workers
around the world: 75,000 in Malaysia; 50,000 in India; 30,000 in USA & Canada; 3,500 in
Singapore (all of them are professionals and not entered it as refugees); 3,000 in Australia and New
Zealand; 1,000 in Europe; and the rest elsewhere, etc); And I will give you two Links herewith: It is
about a report prepared by the Shwe Gas Movement ( www.shwe.org ) concerning the human rights
situation in Chin and Rakhin States as the result of gas extraction along the Rakhine coastal regions
under the title of SUPPLY & COMMAND http://www.shwe.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SUPPLYANDCOMMAND.pdf

The Christians in Burma are more longing to be at a place called heaven as soon as possible,
which is supposed to be the abode of the biblical God. Most of them actually therefore prefer to
spend all their waking hours singing religious songs in praise of their God and saying prayers to
him as well, instead of engaging in any political activities against you. Or in other words, they are
more obsessed with the concept of an eternal life which they believe their God would give them
when they die than with the human existence on this earth. (You will see how Chin/Zo Christians
are ecstatically and very emotionally singing songs in the few youtube Links given below as some
examples.) They all are longingly waiting for the coming-back (it's known among Christians as
the Second Coming) of a heavenly being called Jesus, who, according to the Bible, is the son of
the biblical God. He appeared in this world 2,000 years ago in Israel and was later crucified by
Roman soldiers on a wooden cross. (Nearly all serious and well-qualified secular scholars, too, have
now agreed beyond doubts that he must have been a historical person.) The Bible (New Testament)
says that he resurrected after three days and then ascended into heaven after some 40 days.
He had promised then, once again according to the Bible, his believers that he would come back to
this world for the second time and that he would take their souls to what is known among the
Christians also as the Kingdom of God or simply Heaven where his father reigns.
They are belonging to several rival denominations or Churches. According to the Wikipedia there

are about 41,000 Christian denominations worldwide at the present time. Other uncountable smaller
denominations with a few thousand members each are not counted. Some 25 years ago, the US
weekly news magazine, NEWSWEEK, reported in a long article that 1,200 new Churches were
founded every week throughout the world. And the members of every denomination are so
programmed by their leaders to believe that they alone, but none of those who belong to any
other denominations, will go to heaven and that their Church alone possesses the truths of or
about God!
The following are some of the rival Churches to which the Chin communites in Chin State and its
immediate sorrounding regions (Rakhaing State, Ayeyarawady, Magwe and Sagaing Divisions) in
Burma alone belong. The list below will give you a rough picture about what I am talking about:
Anglican Church, Assemblies of God, Baptist Church, Christian Baptist Church, Christian Mission
Alliance, Christian Church of Myanmar, Christian Reformed Church, Church of Jesus Christ, Church
of Christ Jesus, Church of God, Church on the Rock, Evangelical Baptist Church, Evangelical
Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Free Church of Burma, Four Square Gospel Church, Full Gospel
Assembly, Full Gospel Church, Fundamental Baptist Church, Gospel Baptist Church, Independent
Church of Burma, Jehovahs Witnesses, Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Reformed
Presbyterian Church, Roman Catholic Church, Seventh Day Adventists, Seventh Day Baptist
Church, United Pentecostal Church, United Reform Church, United Wesleyan Church. etc., and
a number of home-grown Churches as well.
And the few following facts will show you how extremely fearsome the Christians indeed are.
The Bible contains a great number of mysterious prophecies that cannot be easily deciphered by
any human beings, including those who are holding several doctorates in theologies. Nevertheless,
countless self-proclaimed biblical experts around the world have tried to decipher these prophecies
during the past 2,000 years and all of their interpretations have turned out to be totally wrong until
now. These misinterpretations have had caused sectarian rivalries and conflicts that have cost he
precious lives and undescribable suffering of hundreds of millions of innocent people.
Another major cause of the uncountable bloody and ruthless sectarian rivalries and religious wars
between rival Christian churches was the attempts made by religious leaders and theologians to
fight against what they assumed to be Satan and his followers, on behalf of the biblical God
himself. But their Satan and his followers in reality happened to be none other than those who they
themselves very often lovingly called their own beloved fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
who belong to other rival Churches! And then when the Communists appeared in several countries a
few centuries ago, they were also once again accused of being Satan-incarnates who must be
completely wiped out of the face of the earth at all costs. However, although the communists and
communism do not exist anymore as a formidable political force since the break-up of the Soviet Union
and China's adoption of capitalism, the division among the Christians still remains as intense as ever
before. (Actually, I had even very naively expected, when communism started crumbling down and
the Berlin Wall was no more there, that there would finally be love and unity among Christians and
that they would start making a soul-searching process and that they would review thoroughly their
existing doctrines, and so on. But this kind of effort and action is nowhere to be seen yet until now!)
The only main reason that several Christians have apparently become a bit more peaceful to each
other and also towards non-Christians as well since very recently is due only to the fact that secularism
- that is, the rule of law and reason - was getting the upper-hand. So, a great number of those who are
well-informed about the root causes and nature of the said sectarian conflicts and wars strongly do
believe that the blood-shedding among Christians of rival Churches may most likely still go on endlessly
until today in the very names of God and Jesus, if secularism had not yet gained the upper-hand.
You may rather be surprised to learn that I also happen to be a religious Christian despite all the
negative facts that I have just mentioned above with regard to the Christians. However, exactly
because of these negative facts, I have become an independent Christian that is, without being

belonging to any single Church. The following are some additional reasons why I became just such
an independent Christian.
!

In my opinion the Bible is written in very simple form that anyone who can read and write can
fullly understand its contents. Therefore, although I have never studied any Christian theologies in
my entire lifetime, I strongly believe that as for my own salvation that is, the attainment of an
eternal life which is to be given by the biblical God I do not need somebody else, who himself
cannot see with his eyes the God and other heavenly beings that are described in the Bible
anyway, to interpret its contents for me with his own self-given power and right. I myself have
never therefore tried in my life to hard-sell what I think about Christianity, nor have I ever allowed
somebody else to impose his ideas on Christianity upon me. And above all else, as everybody
can freely buy the Bible in book shops there are even many organisations that distribute it
freely it, the biblical God, Jesus and heaven are nobody's personal possessions. I believe
therefore that nobody has the sole right to monopolize the interpretation of its contents with his
own self-given power and right. But, at the same time, I believe also that if anybody prefers to
voluntarily believe in and observe the interpretation of somebody else's or of a Church's, that
also should and must be absolutely his own right and business!

So far as I know the Bible vividly says that Satan and a great number of his follower-angels
were expelled from heaven because of their rebellion against the biblical God. So I cannot
understand what kind of logic should it be that that very God would give an eternal life to those
who persecuted, tortured and killed each other in his own name! And the Bible clearly also says
that the biblical God had even sent and sacrificed Jesus, his only begotten son, to this world to
save mankind from eternal damnation. So I'm not capable of understanding the logic of his
sending Jesus to this world in the first place, if he would give an eternal life anyway to those who
persecuted, tortured and murdered each other in his own name! If I understand the Bible
correctly, those who believe in him (Jesus) and thus observe his moral teachings would go into
heaven, and not those who go into heaven would believe in him and observe his moral
teachings! (Two of the greatest mysteries of all in the Judeo-Christian religions are: How could
there be a rebellion in God's own kingdom in the first place, since it's described in the Bible to
be perfect and the angels sinless; and whether heaven or God's kingdom and angels are still
existing or not. These two mysteries have discouraged a great number of people to believe
in the biblical God and his power and even his own existence. So far as I know, not a single
theologian has ever managed to convincingly clearify these questions satistfactorily until now.
However, I personally have no problems with these mysteries. My simple solution as a layman
is that since a historical person called Jesus had actually appeared on earth once means that
heaven was still existing 2,000 years ago and that if that Jesus would really come back some
day again to this world for the second time as he is said to have promised his followers then,
it would mean that there were no more rebellions in heaven since the expulsion of Satan and
his followers from there and that God and heavenly beings and heaven do still indeed exist
until now that is, at least until Jesus' second coming. I believe therefore that I have nothing to
lose by simply believing in his second coming.)

In my whole lifetime I may have perhaps read the Bible more than ten times from the beginning
to the end thoroughly, but I have never come across a single verse that says: You shall
persecute, torture and murder each other in our names! or You shall fight Satan and his
followers on behalf of me or us.. As a simple layman I believe that if God and Jesus themselves
want to or have to wage a war against Satan and his followers, that should and must be their own
business and that they would surely do it in their own way! I simply cannot therefore see the
logic of Christians waging wars on behalf of them since they (the Christians) first got to even know
about the existence of the said heavenly beings' and their adversaries' only through the Bible
since some 2,000 - 3,000 years go. If not because of the Bible, there are no other ways for them
to even know about the said invisible beings' existence.

Before the Christian missionaries arrived in many parts of present-day Burma, including
Chinland, in the early and late 1800s, most of those who would sooner or later become Christian
were Animist. These people then converted to Christianity of various rival Churches because they
were told about the existencce of a loving God and his son called Jesus and they were thus
promised an eternal life at their place called heaven by worshipping these deities. Before the
Chins became Christian, for instance, they believed every kind of sickness to be the work of evil
spirits. So they made various kinds of animal sacrifice to propitiate those spirits. But none of
those evil spirits (there are supposed to be more than 50 of them among the northern Chins
alone) had ever physically appeared to them in human form and oppressed or tortured or killed
them with weapons as their beloved fellow sisters and brothers in Christ have been doing to
each other for centuries or even milleniums in the very names of the deities whom they claim
to be worshipping. The worst thing that those imaginary evil spirits could then do to human
beings was the belief that they could cause all kinds of illness. Nothing more than that. And the
Chin Animists in ancient times were and still are until today (there are still a number of Animists
in some parts of Chin State itself) - not necessarily worse than those who proudly like to boast to
be moral Christians. Nor have they ever committed ruthless acts against their own fellow beings
even in the names of those imaginary evil spirits.
Now, my description of the imaginary evil spirits in a few lines above may probably shake up
one of the fundamental teachings of all Christian churches that is, every evil thought or act is
taught to be the work or temptation of Satan and his evil fallen angels. But, so far as I know,
even those who don't believe at all in any deity are also not necessarily more evil than the
Christians. So, should any evil thought or act really be the work of Satan and his followers, then
every serious Christian will have to ask himself at least these two very disturbing fundamental
questions (out of several): 1. Why do or should Satan and his followers tempt only the Christians,
but not any other human beings who profess other religions or who don't even believe in any
deity, to think evil or to commit evil acts? 2. Why haven't all the non-Christians in the world
annihilated each other a long time ago in the past, since they must have been vulnerable to
Satan's and his evil followers' temptations? (I've got my own interpretations for such questions,
but since this Supplication is not a Christian theological paper, I better should not write more than
this much here. And such interpretations I keep for myself alone, otherwise I might mislead some
innocent people.)

And another fundamental teaching of a great number of these Churches, which I find very much
disturbing is about what is called the original sin. According to the Bible, God created Adam
and Eve as the first human beings and they were forbidden to eat a certain fruit in the Garden of
Eden. But as they ate it secretly anyway, they were cursed by God. With this concept a great
number of Christians are taught to feel guilty for what Adam and Eve had done. Actually, this
concept was just a creation of a mortal human being in 2 AD and it was further developed later
by some others. See the quotations below: (Source: Wikipedia under Original sin)
Original Sin [from some Churches' point of view]
The concept of original sin was first alluded to in the 2nd century by Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons in
his controversy with certain dualist Gnostics. Other church fathers such as Augustine also
developed the doctrine,[2] seeing it as based on the New Testament teaching of Paul the Apostle
(Romans 5:1221 and 1 Corinthians 15:22) and the Old Testament verse of Psalm 51:5.[4][5][6]
[7][8] Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose and Ambrosiaster considered that humanity shares in Adam's
sin, transmitted by human generation. Augustine's formulation of original sin was popular among
Protestant reformers, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin, who equated original sin with
concupiscence, affirming that it persisted even after baptism and completely destroyed freedom.
[2] The Jansenist movement, which the Catholic Church declared to be heretical, also maintained
that original sin destroyed freedom of will.[9]
In Judaism
Jewish theologians are divided in regard to the cause of what is called "original sin". Some teach

that it was due to Adam's yielding to temptation in eating of the forbidden fruit and has been
inherited by his descendants; the majority of chazalic opinions, however, do not hold Adam
responsible for the sins of humanity,[10] teaching that, in Genesis 8:21 and 6:5-8, God recognized
that Adam did not willfully sin. However, Adam is recognized by some[who?] as having brought
death into the world by his disobedience. Because of his sin, his descendants will live a mortal life,
which will end in death of their bodies.[11] The doctrine of "inherited sin" is not found in most of
mainstream Judaism. Although some in Orthodox Judaism place blame on Adam for overall
corruption of the world, and though there were some Jewish teachers in Talmudic times[who?] who
believed that death was a punishment brought upon humanity on account of Adam's sin, that is not
the dominant view in most of Judaism today. Modern Judaism generally teaches that humans are
born sin-free and untainted, and choose to sin later and bring suffering to themselves.[12][13] The
concept of inherited sin is also not found in any real form in Islam.[14][15] Some interpretations of
original sin are rejected by other Christian theologies.
If I understand the four Gospels correctly, one of Jesus' main reasons for his first coming to
this world was to free the would-be worshippers of God from the rigid laws and rituals, except
the Ten Commandments, in the Old Testament and replace them with the concept of Love,
Forgiveness, Compassion and Peace or Peacefulness. So I personally am of the opinion that what
Adam and Eve had done against God's wishes also must be among the ones that Jesus had
intended to atone for. (I've got my own interpretation also for this particular topic, but since this
Supplication is not a theological paper I would not elaborate about it further. This interpretation
is for myself alone.)
!

Countless theologians and religious leaders of the Christian faith have been predicting about
Jesus' imminent come-back from the time of his ascension into heaven up to the present time.
However, since almost all the Christians are still vehemently accusing each other of being
belonging to a false Church or even of being Satan-incarnates, I wonder how they would be able
to recognize him, if he really suddenly comes back somewhere in the world or on the clouds as
some of them believe. (I'm enclosing an interesting information piece below that could give you
some hints about the Roman Catholic Church's view of Jesus. It was widely distributed in Burma in
the early 1980s by the Roman Catholic Church under the heading of A TRUE LETTER OF OUR
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST).

So far as I personally understand the contents of the Bible, Jesus himself had, like what the Lord
Buddha had also done, apparently intended to found a peaceful, loving and compassionate
religion. (I'm quoting below two of the most important parts of the entire Bible as a means to
prove this statement.) You may probably be shocked by the first two Commandments of the Ten
Commandments, but the fundamentals of Jesus' teachings are Love, Forgiveness, Peace,
Compassion and about the existence of an eternal Life in heaven for those who believe in him
and observe his teachings that are almost identical with the teachings of the Lord Buddha's. So
far as I know, the only main differences between Buddhism and Christianity are: While Buddhists
believe in Nirvana, the Christians believe in a creator-God and an eternal Life in heaven; and
the means or rituals that are used to achieve these goals. (You may certainly be surprised if I tell
you that, although I myself am an independent Christian as I have already admitted above, I
am also a great admirer of Buddhism at the same time especially mainly for its philosophy.)
The Ten Commandments
And God spoke all these words:
I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery;
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on
the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or

worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children
for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but
showing love to thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold
anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labour and do
all your works, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you
shall do any work, neither you, your son or daughter, nor your manservant or
maidservant, nor your animals, nor the aliens within your gate. For in six days the
LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on
the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
5. Honour your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD
your God is giving you.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.
10. You shall not covet your neighbours house. You shall not covet your neighbours wife, or
his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Source: Exodus 20:1-17 (Holy Bible: New International Version)
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Sermon on the Mount
The Beatitudes
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside
and sat down. His disciples came to him,
2 and he began to teach them, saying
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of
evil against you because of me.
12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Source: (Matthew 5:1-12) The Holy Bible: New International Version
So if those who claim to be Christian would strictly observe at least No.s 3 and 6 of the Ten
Commandments, and 6, 7, 8 and 9 from Sermon on the Mount, there would surely be fewer wars,
fewer oppressions, less hunger, less hatred, less suffering, and much less injustices in this world,
if even in case a biblical God and Jesus do not exist anywhere in the universe.

In my opinion, there are three most important fundamental questions concerning Christianity:
1. Whether a biblical God really does exist or not;
2. Whether Jesus is really the son of that biblical God or not, and;
3. Whether he (Jesus) is really powerful enough or not to change many rigid laws and rituals in the
Old Testament. The original religion that he had founded is full of good news. The most important
of them all is, as already mentioned earlier above, about the existence of an eternal Life in heaven
where he himself and his father are dwelling. If in case anyone of you care to enquire a bit more
about the good news that I'm talking about now, it would suffice to read the following four books
which are called the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and also another book called
the Book of Revelation. So as to enable you to have a brief glance at the said good news in these
books, I'm attaching two scanned pages from the Book of Matthew at the end of this Supplication.
You will see how different Jesus' original teachings in these passages are from the preachings and
practices of a great number of Christians around the world. The passages in the four Gospels are
written so simply and clearly that nobody needs the explanation of a biblical expert to
understand them.
Now, I believe that you may certainly would like to know also how I could become a religious
Christian if even theologians who are holding several doctorates in theologies themselves are still
skeptical about the basic foundation of the Christian faith that is, the very existence of a biblical
God and Jesus.
As for me personally there is one main reason why I believe in the existence and power of the
biblical God and Jesus. The reason is the existence of the Book of Revelation. For me the Book of
Revelation is one of the most important parts of the whole Bible. The Bible without this part would be
just like any other holy scriptures. And Jesus' moral teachings also would be just like the teachings of
some other great enlightended sages. Nothing more than that. So I put all my faith in the contents of
this book that is, the good news about the existence of and power of God and Jesus and an eternal
life mentioned in it. (See the few passages from it that I have selected at the end of this Supplication!
There are also of course several prophecies in it, but I do not think that I can decipher them and I
do not want to attempt to decipher them - because those prophecies are, as I have already mentioned
above, amongst the prophecies that countless self-proclaimed biblical experts or even self-proclaimed
prophets have had tried to interpret during the past two milleniums and as a result hundreds of
millions of innocent people have lost their lives for nothing. I would prefer very much to wait until
Jesus comes back and then to let him interpret these prophecies personally.)
And you may surely now wonder how I could blindly have trust in the words in the said books
mentioned above without understanding the prophecies in them. As for me personally the answer is
very simple: I simply assume that I have got a soul and as a result I try to observe the good teachings
of Jesus as I understand them and that if I really have a soul and the biblical God and Jesus also really
do exist somewhere in the universe, they may let my soul go on living eternally at their place which is
described in the Book of Revelation, since even countless Christians who persecuted and murdered
their own innocent fellow Christians in the very names of these two beings could still dare to expect
to get an eternal life. But even if in case I do not have a soul and the said two deities also do not exist,
I don't think that I would lose anything by believing in them and observing their good teachings. And,
perhaps, I may not be a perfect worshipper in their eyes, but at least until now I haven't caused any
kind of suffering to my fellow human beings nor have I ever promised someone an eternal life in
heaven nor have I ever threatened someone with eternal damnation at a place called the lake of fire
or hell nor have I ever earned even a single cent in their names.

According to several reliable statistics from various sources, half of the world's 7 billion people are now
starving or half-starving or would be starving in the near future. A report released in May 1989 in
Manila by the humanitarian organization called CHILDHOPE, for instance, there were an estimated 100
million homeless children worldwide 20 to 30 million alone in Asia who were living on the streets;

and according to the Child Protection Network Foundation, reported in The Independent (UK) newspaper
of January 20, 2015, there were about 1.2 million children living on the streets in the Philippines alone
(see attached scanned newspaper clippings for the statisics mentioned above). And the climate change
has now already become a real threat to humanity's long-term survival and there are right now more than
60 million people, according a recent UN report, either fleeing from their homelands or are displaced
within their own countries and nearly every corner of the world is getting more and more explosive with
each passing day.
So if I were any of them theologians and religious leaders of Christian churches, that is - instead of
endlessly keeping on debating with my other fellow Christians about which day is holier either Saturday
or Sunday - or the sinfulness of eating pork or getting divorce or he remarriage of divorced persons or the
use of condoms and other contraceptive devices or an individual person's sexual preference or
prostitution or the ordination of women or the Liberation Theology, etc., I would try to do the following
five things as urgently as possible.
One: I would try to immediately review the existing doctrine of my own Church thoroughly to see
if it's still in line with the present situation of this world and humanity as a whole.
Two: As the next step I would make all efforts for the reconciliation of all the rival Christians of the
world as fast as possible. It may surely sound to be so naive to plead and expect as well them
to reconciliate, if one looks at them from a realistic point of view. Sure, they may certainly never
be able to reconciliate if they would base their efforts solely on the writings of religious leaders
and theologians and their Churches' existing doctrines alone, but if they would base their efforts
solely instead on the words of Jesus that are clearly recorded in the Gospels, I can see no reasons
why they wouldn't be able to achieve this noble goal! If I understand the Bible correctly, the gist
of Jesus' teachings are: Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Peace and Humility! And above all else I
have never found a single verse in the entire Bible that says that the biblical God had created this
world and all the living beings in it just in order to destroy them again someday!
Three: As soon as a reconciliation between all Christians is fully achieved, together with my
other fellow Christians in Christ, I would try to estimate when and where the Christ could come
back and then make preparations for our salvation since he may most likely have problems taking
the souls of the endlessly quarrelling Christians back with him into his father's kingdom.
Four: I would then plead my fellow Christians to patiently wait until he comes back and when and
if he really reappears someday at somewhere, then together with them I would ask him to make
war if he has to - against his and his father's adversaries with their own heavenly beings, instead
of deploying human beings who cannot even see THEIR OWN SOULS with their eyes not to
mention those heavenly beings and their adversaries who are mentioned in the Bible. (How can
you fight against an invisible enemy even about his existence you knew only from some 2-3000year old Bible - and with what kind of weapon?)
Five: If in case a total reconciliation among the Christians could not be achieved for any reasons
and the time of his second coming could not be satisfactorily agreed upon, then I would at least
try to persuade my fellow Christians to form up a global commission with a number of prominent
secular legal experts as its members to thoroughly analyse the contents of the Bible from a
purely secular legal point of view in order to find out how the legal mind sees these contents.
NOW, MAY I MAKE THE FOLLOWING HUMBLE REQUESTS TO YOU:
FIRST: WOULD YOU, RESPECTED PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY, KINDLY
THOROUGHLY ANALYSE THE REASONS, ARGUMENTS AND EXPLANATION THAT I HAVE
GIVEN ABOVE AND IF YOU ALSO AGREE WITH SOME OR ALL OF THEM, THEN MAY I
PERSONALLY SUPPLICATE YOU TO LET THE CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY WORSHIP THEIR
GOD AS THEY SO WISH WITH COMPLETE FREEDOM AND IN PEACE.

SECOND: The outgoing government (Thein Sein government) had always loudly claimed to want to
make developments for the whole country and the entire people. But if one looks at the three
Youtube Links given below (Burma Parts 1, 2 & 3), and THE LETPADAUNG MINE STORY video
(see below) it's very clear that the gap between those in the ruling class and the ruled seems
be unbelievably great. (I have never seen the country again since 1978 and as I'm still living
in this country since then as a stateless person, I do not have the possibility to return to Burma.
So I cannot see the real situation there with my own eyes.) I know that the said government had
made some programme to reduce extreme poverty, but those programme were very superficial
and there were no realistic strategies and plannings for the realization of those programme. I'm
realistic enough to know also that it's not possible in any society to distribute a country's wealth
equally among all levels of the society, but even then this gap should not be too great as it can be
seen in the three youtubes. In order to be able to maintain peace and prosperity in the long-run,
for instance, there must be a strong middle-class that could function as a bridge between the upper
and lower (workers and peasants) classes. But so far as I know, a middle class is almost nonexistent in the country. (Among the Burmese exile communities it's spoken around that in Burma
there are only two social classes: Those who do not know where to hide their illegallly accumulated
great fortunes and those who do not know from where their next meal will come!) Personally I do
not believe that real development and prosperity could ever be achieved and maintained in the
long-run if the gap of living standards between different sectors of the society is too great. Our
country is blessed with great natural wealth as everybody knows. (I also know that a great deal of
them have already been sold-out, though!) So only if and when you - those who will start ruling
the country now and those who will come to power in the near future - would make proper
plannings to reduce this great gap as fast as possible, then can the entire people hope to be able
to live in peace and prosperity in the long future to come.
And everybody in the country knows very well that the dimension of corruption must also be
reduced as much as and as fast as possible, otherwise the country's long-term survival will be at
great risk. The outgoing government had made some rudimentary measures to curb it, but without
any success. At present, according to the Transparency International rating, the country stands at
the 147th position. It's not a good sign at all (see the Quotations and Links far below).
The controversial mine was temporarily suspended when activists and monks staged a
mass sit-in protest in 2012. The protest was broken up brutally by riot police on 29
November that year when some 80 protestors were injured, including several Buddhist
monks, many with horrific burns that experts have attributed to white phosphorous. A
subsequent investigation headed by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed to
pronounce anyone guilty for the violent crackdown, and to many villagers dismay,
recommended to the government that the project be resumed.

http://www.dvb.no/news/latpadaung-mine-story/46941
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WHY THE NLD ACHIEVED A MAGWE CLEAN SWEEP
By Nay Aung. Wednesday, 02 December 2015
Conservative , overwhelmingly rural and in the countrys Bamar heartland, Magwe was supposed
to be full of promise for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in last months elections.
Instead the National League for Democracy swept all 88 seats in the region.
The ruling party seemed oblivious, however, of the deep-seated anger among farmers, particularly
over the issue of land confiscation. Some 85 percent of Magwes 3.9 million people live in rural
areas. A similar percentage use firewood for cooking while only 22pc have electricity for lighting,
according to the 2014 census.
The parliaments Farmland Investigation Commission, Farmers Union and civil society groups
providing aid to those involved in land disputes had all raised awareness over seized lands. But
still it is estimated that disputes over more than 390,000 acres of confiscated farmlands in Magwe
[Division] have not been resolved. Some say this was the single biggest issue behind the USDPs
crushing defeat.
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/17918-why-the-nld-achieved-a-magwe-clean-sweep.html

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LAND SEIZURES IN NON-BURMAN INDIGENOUS ETHNIC PEOPLES TERRITORIES POSE A BIG PROBLEM

Nov. 1, 2015 (BBC Burmese Programme)

According to the report of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society, the failure to find a
solution to the vast farm and adjoining lands that are belonging to the indigenous peoples that
were confiscated without compensation by the government and military poses a great problem.
The Agricultural and Farmers Welfare Department of the said society issued a report under the
title of Siblings Tears In the Hill Farms. It reports that these confiscated farm lands altogether
make up about 400,000 acres or 10% of all the seized lands countrywide. Even when he
government and the military announced that certain lands have been returned to the fightful
owners, in reality the ownerships of most of these lands were transferred to total strangers...
(Its a loose translation from Burmese done by author of this Open Supplication.)
http://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2015/11/151031_88_generation_land_grabbing

Salween Farmers Demand Government Accountability for Land Confiscation

By YEN SNAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |

RANGOON Participants at a land rights seminar in Mon State urged the incoming National League for
Democracy (NLD)-led government to address past practices of land
dedicated to the issue.

confiscation with a special court

Mon States Salween Eastern Farmers and Land Users Seminar was held in Moulmein for two days, from
February 14-15, with over 90 representatives participating from five Mon State townships and one Tenasserim
Division township, all selected for their locations east of the Salween River. Also present were Moulmeinbased farmers organizations and civil society groups focused on land rights.
At the seminar, it was demanded that farmers should be able to bring land rights cases to a special court
when conflicts over ownership occur. Participants also called on the government to create a policy that
would give land users the right to own land rather than simply being allowed to work on it.
The right to land continues to be an important concern in southeastern Burma. Based on complaints
from farmers and indigenous communities, from 1999 until 2010, there were a total of over 60,000 acres
of land confiscated in Mon and Karen state for military bases under the countrys previous military
junta. If Tenasserim Division is added to these figures, some predict that the number would
double.
It would be over 120,000 acres including the 60,000 acres confiscated in Tenasserim for the Mawrawaddy
Navy Base, said Naing Aung Than Lwin, director of Mon Area Social Development Organization.
Farmers want their land back. If not, they want appropriate compensation for their crops. When their
land is confiscated, they dont get crop compensation and they have to pay rent in order to cultivate the
same land, he explained.
It is noteworthy that much of the confiscated land in the region is used to cultivate rubber trees, which
are often cut down by the military to make way for other projects. When the trees are spared, farmers
often find themselves working as laborers, renting trees on land they once owned in order to harvest
the rubber.
These farmers have to produce rubber from their own land after paying rent [to the military]. Before,
they had to pay about 1,200 kyats [rent] per tree [US$1] when rubber was priced well. This year, they had to
pay about 400 kyats [US$0.30] per tree. I dont think its realistic to pay rent for your own trees to the
military, Naing Aung Than Lwin said.
The purchase of land for private projects at prices lower than the market value was also a practice documented
in Mon States Kyaikmayaw Township in particular...
http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/salween-farmers-demand-government-accountability-for-land-confiscation.html
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BURMA

Conflict and Powerful Companies Stoke Land Disputes in Kachin State

By THIN LEI WIN / MYANMAR NOW| Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
Daung Nan, her husband and 16 others in Naung Chain, a dusty village a 40-minute motorbike ride away from
the state capital Myitkyina, are in a legal tussle with village authorities over land they consider theirs, but
which officials say is part of the 1,600 acres designated as grazing ground.
The villagers say they were not consulted about plans to turn their land into grazing grounds and believe it was
a ploy by officials who planned to profit from renting out 300 acres to a Chinese company for a banana
plantation...
In December 2015, civil society group Land in Our Hands released a report after speaking to more than 2,500
people within 329 villages across six states and seven regions in Burma. Based on their findings, Kachin State
has the second largest number of land confiscations after Shan State.
These local battles are an illustration of not only of land rights disputes engulfing Kachin, Burmas
northernmost state bordering China, but also of the whole country, a largely agrarian nation emerging from
decades of brutal military rule where land rights are fragile and victims of injustice have little recourse.
Rampant Land Seizures
Land confiscations in Kachin have been so rampant there is little vacant land left. Villagers are too scared to
speak up. There are more landless people now and many are struggling to survive, Bawk Ja Lum Nyoi, a fiery
political activist known for taking on powerful interests, told Myanmar Now.
In Kachin, the land disputes have been fueled by the outgoing Thein Sein governments liberalization policies
that have driven up land prices and attracted foreign and domestic investment, say analysts.
The renewed Kachin conflict has weakened communities rights and displaced more than 100,000 civilians,
many of whom worry whether they will still be able to access their farmland when peace returns. They accuse
the army of seizing swathes of land.
Meanwhile, junta-era issues such as a heavy military presence across the state, oppression of ethnic minorities
and the unchecked exploitation of natural resources persist.
If land disputes remain unresolved they will be detrimental to the peace process and overall stability of Kachin
State, activists say. Many are hoping the new government and parliament led by the National League for
Democracy (NLD) will help the situation.
We hope the NLD will be fair and come up with good solutions, said Lahpai Zaw Tawng from Kachin State
Farmers Network, who has been helping the Naung Chain villagers.
Many farmers do not dare to demand the return of land confiscated by the military. We will have to see if we
can push for that under the new government.
Land Key to Peace and Democracy
Changes in land ownership and use have emerged as one of the key issues during Burmas political and
economic transition, with deep resentment and protests over land acquisitionsoften dubbed land grabsf
or infrastructure, development or large-scale agricultural projects.
Up to 70 percent of Burmas labor force is estimated to be directly or indirectly engaged in agriculture. The
sector accounts for 44 percent of the GDP, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Co.
All land in Burma is owned by the government but farmers are given land use or tillage rights, making land use
a particularly sensitive issue for small-scale farmers who make up the majority of Burmas population of 51
million. et these rights are neither respected on the ground in practice, nor provide protection against land
grabbing, activists said.
The 2015 Land in Our Hands report found 42.9 percent of respondents said they possessed legal documents
issued by the government when their land was confiscated.
The issue is even more sensitive in ethnic areas. Ethnic minorities make up an estimated 30 to 40 percent of
Burmas population, and ethnic states occupy some 57 percent of the total land area.
Burmas current land problem is linked to ethnic conflict, said the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute
in its recent report on land issues in the country.

Important questions around access to and control of land are at the heart of the civil war, and unless they are
addressed well, real peace is likely to remain out of reach, it said.
Bawk Ja, chairperson of National Democratic Force (NDF) in Kachin State who took the powerful Yuzana
company to court over a land grabbing case and has been jailed for her political activities, agrees. Without
resolving the land issue, theres no way you can achieve real peace, she said.
Ruled By Guns
Activists like Bawk Ja and Zaw Tawng are educating villagers of their rights so they are better able to stand up
for themselves. It is a long process, however...
He put his pistol down on the table first before telling us we have to move. Then he asked, Anyone want to
say anything? I was so scared, Yaing Myaw said...
But theyve become emboldened in the past year or two. With help from Bawk Ja, they sent letters to central
authorities about their cases, and defiantly returned to their homes and farms.
Im not giving in. Its my land, said Arr Ti, who was asked in 2006 to leave her orchard, which she has
owned since 1982. The army told her it was confiscated to build a telecommunications tower, but nothing has
been built so far.
Land grabs have become so politically contentious that Burmas military-backed parliament set up the
Farmland Investigation Commission in 2012, tasked with scrutinizing land grabs.
In just under two years, the commission has received more than 30,000 cases. Of these, only two-thirds have
been heard, and in fewer than 1,000 a mere 4 percent has it ruled that compensation is justified, wrote
Namati, an international NGO working on land rights in an editorial...
This story first appeared on Myanmar Now.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/conflict-and-powerful-companies-stoke-land-disputes-in-kachin-state.html
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Eleven Journal

Military-run ministries disclose property lists

Land owned by the defence ministry near Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Photo-Aung Myo
Thant/EMG)
The ministries of defence, home affairs and border affairs have announced their lists of state-owned land and
buildings with defence controlling more than 2 million acres. The three ministries will remain under military
control
under
the
National
League
for
Democra
government.
According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Myanmar Police Force, General
Administration Department, Bureau of Special Investigation, Correctional Department and Fire Service
Department own more than 72,000 acres of land and almost 28,500 buildings across he
country.
The Ministry of Defence says it owns 2,175,000 acres of land and 87,378 buildings.
The Ministry of Border Affairs said it possesses 1,090 acres of land and 1,332 buildings.
Last year, the government issued rules and procedures on selling or renting state-owned property.
State-owned land includes property nationalised by court orders and domestically and internationally
donated land.

http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/politics/military-run-ministries-disclose-property-lists
February 15, 2016
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Burma Still Among Worlds Most Corrupt Countries, Index Finds

By TIN HTET PAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
RANGOON Burma remains among the worlds most corrupt countries, according to a new
index by Berlin-based graft monitor Transparency International, though it has shown marginal
improvement over the past year.

Perceived corruption levels were assessed for 168 countries on a scale of zero to 100, with higher
scores representing cleaner governance. Burmas global rank147 out of 168was a marked
improvement over last years 156, though the country scored only one point better than it did in
the 2014 assessment.
Burma earned a score of 21 points, a slight improvement over last years 22. With some minor
fluctuations, Burmas score has improved by 15 points since 2012, indicating an initial upward
trend that has slowed over the past two years.
Burmas perceived deceleration on the corruption front reflected concerns expressed by a number
of lawmakers that the current government has done little to tackle graft.
President Thein Seins Anti-Corruption Commission was primarily formed of retired military officers
directly appointed by the head of state, himself a former general. The commission was formed in
April 2014 following the promulgation of Burmas Anti-Graft Law.
Asked last year what measures had thus far been taken to address corruption, chairman Mya Win
admitted that the commission had no plans to audit government officials.
A new Parliament dominated by the National League for Democracy (NLD) will convene next
month after its landslide win in the Nov. 8 general election. The party has vowed to establish a
corruption-free society, though analysts predict that the new government will face difficulties
reforming Burmas bureaucracy, which has long been regulated by corrupt officials.
Those predictions are bolstered by Transparency Internationals finding that [n]ot one single
country, anywhere in the world, is corruption-free.
Countries that ranked the lowest were those with conflict, poor governance, weak public
institutions such as security forces and the judiciary, and a lack of press freedom. Those at the top
shared the characteristics of a relatively free press, access to budget data and independent
judiciaries.
Denmark topped Transparencys list as the cleanest country, while North Korea and Somalia
shared the lowest rank. More than two-thirds of countries were labeled as highly corrupt.
Thailand and India were found to be among the worlds 80 most corrupt countries, while
Singapore was the only Asian nation to make the top 10.
Editors note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Burmas global rank
remained the same as the previous year.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/burma/burma-still-among-worlds-most-corrupt-countries-index-finds.html
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Eleven Journal

Home Myanmar received over $1 billion in development loans last fiscal year
Myanmar received over $1 billion in development loans last fiscal year
Myanmar received loans of over US$1 billion from Japan, South Korea and international
organisations for various development projects in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to an
annual report released by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development.
This loans were used to upgrade telecommunications infrastructure and railroad sections, to build
sub-power stations and to reform the financial sector throughout the last fiscal year.
The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Planning and
Economic Development, the Auditor-Generals Office and the Myanmar Economic Bank received
$141.5 million in loans from the World Bank.
The government of Japan loaned Myanmar $628.180 million for the upgrade of the ThilawaThanlyin road under the construction ministry; the upgrade of the Yangon-Mandalay railroad

project by the ministry of rail transportation; the extension of the Lagonepyin water supply project
in Yangon under the Yangon City Development Committee and the development of dam projects in
western Bago Region.
China loaned $20 million for the construction of the 40-mile-long Athoke-Pathein power grid and
sub-power station. South Korea loaned $200 million for the construction of the Taunggo-Kamarnat
sub-power station and the purchase of farm equipment through the long-term instalment system.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) loaned Myanmar $18.7 million for the
development of Myanmar agricultural sector. The Asian Development Bank loaned Myanmar $60
million for extended power distribution projects in Yangon, Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway
regions.
During the 2014-2015 fiscal year, Myanmar implemented 115 development projects with the use
of $480.338 million in loans from international organisations, according to the ministrys report.
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/myanmar-received-over-1-billion-development-loans-last-fiscal-year
(25.01.16)
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MORE THAN 51 PERCENT OF SALES FROM NATURAL RESOURCES DISAPPEARED
According to a report released by the MATA (Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and
Accountability), which appeared in the BBC Burmese Programme, more than half of the billions of
dollar gained from the sales of the country's natural resources for the year 2014-2015
disappeared...(see the Link below and the attached original Burmese text as well at the endof this
Supplication).
http://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2016/01/160120_oil_income

THIRD: In the recent past, the country was witnessing students of higher education protesting at several
places in the country against the national education law and these peaceful demonstrators being
brutally suppressed and several leading members now being imprisoned and prosecuted. I myself
am not an academic, but so far as I know the education policy of a country or a federal state
must be completely free from partisan politics. Or at least those politicians who would make such
a policy or law must themselves be truly qualified enough for their given task. But it seems that it's
not the case in our country. An education policy or law should best be laid down by visionary
people who are truly qualified for their task, and not by politicians whose own academic qualifications are highly questionable. And what is equally important is that the policy or policies be
laid down in short- medium and long-term plans. Until now, these signs, too, are not yet to be
seen. I will quote some passages on this subject from my own 38-page paper titled:
SOME STRATEGIC CONCEPTS FOR THE REBUILDING OF BURMA/MYANMAR, first publicized
in 2010 and modified for the 4th time in July, 2015, pp. 6-7:
( http://de.scribd.com/doc/30773435/Some-Strategic-Concepts-for-Rebuilding-Burma )
13. Education
An education policy that could be most suitable for the country as a whole must be
drawned up by an independent commission comprised purely of neutral experts (both
native and foreign). It must be so planned, for instance, that everybody can afford at
least basic education, and higher learnings also must be accessible to talented children
of even the poorest families. Just one example here to show how important this sector is:
There must at least be one or two universities that specialize in producing well-qualified
business managers for the country, for without such qualified people in sufficient numbers,

the country cannot be effectively developed. Well-qualified business managers on the

international market are extremely expensive.
http://www.dvb.no/dvb-video/thein-lwin-cut-nld-inner-circle/48023
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/burma-students-reject-govt-warning-stop-protests.html
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/us-university-pulls-plug-pioneering-program-rangoon-counterpart.html

http://www.dvb.no/news/dvb-bulletin-6-march-2015/49042
http://www.dvb.no/news/police-lash-out-at-students-in-letpadan-burma-myanmar/49100
Students' mothers 'desperate' outside Myanmar court
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32062264
(Special Note for non-Burmese Readers: They should not be confused by the two almost similar
WORDS LETPADAN and LETPADAUNG. Letpadan is where the protesting Students were brutally
cracked down and Letpadaung is where the Copper Mine Project is located.
There is not even a single secular college in Chin State, for instance. The nearest higher learning
institutions for the Chins are located inside Burma Proper, namely Kalay University in Sagaing
Division ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_University_%28Kalay%29 ), Magway University
in Magway Divsion ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Medicine,_Magway ) and Sittwe
University in Rakhine State ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_University,_Sittwe ). And
the quantity and quality of the facilities at these universities are far from sufficience and are only
rudimentary at best. These facts can be seen clearly from the websites of these universities given
above. Since you, the present rulers of the country, were not even generous enough to provide
some computers, printers and generators to the 30 high schools inside Chin State, the Danish
government had even felt oblighed out of compassion to donate 903 computers plus printers
and generators to these schools back in late 2013.
And there's no academic freedom at all at all higher educational institutions throughout the
country. In total contrast to these conditions, students at the Mizoram University
http://www.mzu.edu.in/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram_University } for instance, are
enjoying full academic freedom which is a very normal case for students of all higher educational
institutions in India. And the university itself enjoys a very good standing among universities in
India despite the fact that it's still very young in age. (One can see how free the student life at this
university is by watching some of its students happily dancing to the tune of Pharrell Williams'
Happy in the Music Video of Happy MZU below.)
The following few passages are from a news report of Radio Free Asia on October 22, 2015
(see the original text in the Link):
4 MILLION CHILDREN WITHOUT SCHOOLING IN BURMA
(Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2015)
The AFP reports that the majority of about 4 million children under 18 years of age are working
for their livelihood in tea shops and factories in Burma. According to a 2014 census most of them
work for about 14 hours a day and 7 days a week. According to the London-based Verisk
Maplecroft, a research institute, Burma ranks 7th among the 10 worst countries in the world in
which the rights and conditions of child labourers are neglected...
http://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/nearly-four-million-children-cannot-go-school-10222015232600.html

FOURTH: Soon after the Thein Sein govenment came to power a few years ago, it was very loudly
propagating about its willingness to build up an ever-lasting peace (in the government's own

words in Burmese: thawarah-nyeinchanyi). And it has been negotiating with all non-Burman
national armed organizations for the ultimate signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
(NCA). However, as the negotiations have been stalled for several times and as a result the final
outcomes are still far from certain, the government has long ceased to loudly talk about an ever
lasting peace.
So far as I know the main stumbling blocks that prevent the achievement of a long-lasting peace
are as follows:
1. The government and the military are against the formation of a federal union on the foundations
demanded by non-Burman nationalities;
2. The military is absolutely against the formation of a federal army; and
3. Both the government and the military are absolutely against the amendment of the 2008
Constitution which grants the militay the status of an independent institution above the
government and the parliament.
During the Thein Sein government's rule it's an open secret that all the ethnic armed movements
were and still are - being put under great pressure by the United Nations, a number of powerful
nations, the government and the military to sign it (NCA) before the November 8 general election.
It was clear then that the Strategy of the government, the military and some of their outside
supporters was to eventually force these armed movements into surrendering their arms by
destroying their unity and splitting them into factions!
The quotes and Links below are just a few examples with regard to this particular issue:
The UN will lend you all the support we can muster in this process. However, if such a
process were to be delayed until after the elections, even we may not be able to say
with certainty what the scenario from the UN angle will be. But nailing it down now,
could bring greater immediate commitment from the UN as well as the international
community.
(UN Special Envoy Vijay Nambiar, Opening Speech at EAO Summit, Law Khee Lar. 2 June 2015)
http://www.knuhq.org/un-special-envoy-vijay-nambiar-opening-speech-at-eao-summit-law-khee-lar-kawthoolei-2/

The first quote below is taken from a conversation between the current British Envoy to Burma,
H.E. Mr. Andrew Silas Patrick, and Burma Armed Forces' Commander-in-Chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung
Hlaing, reported in The Myawaddy Daily, dated August 20, 2015. (With $ 4 billon investment in
the country and the closely working together of Burma's and British's Military Establishments,
Britain is one of the most important benefactors of Burma. And since this daily newspaper is
known in Burma as the military/regime's mouth-piece and part of its propaganda machine, it's
quite reasonable to assume, especially at an extremely sensitive time and precarious situation
like now in the country, that the Envoy was not intentionally misquoted by the paper at the
risk of endangering the decades-long cordial relations between Britain and Burma's successive
military dictatorships.)
The ambassador said, I just want to say briefly on the ceasefire. You have gone
extra miles that have been recognized. You have prepared to take things forward.
The guarantees on the treatment of those who do not sign have been very important
in the negotiation. The Senior General said Tatmadaw truly wants peace. The ethnic
armed groups too need to have the true wish for peace. They also should have the
wish to abide by the law after peace has been restored. They cannot hold arms after
making peace. After the signing of NCA, DDR and SSR procedures must be carried
out without fail through negotiations. It is impossible for someone who says he accepts
democracy to refuse the relinquishment of his armed struggle line. We must follow the
system in which the holding of arms must be in line with the law. In marching towards

democracy together we must strive to ensure a perfect democracy. If the groups that
are not the signatory do not observe the rules and principles and harm the government administrative machinery and public life and property, action will have to be
taken against them...
(Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives British ambassador)
http://myawady-myawady.blogspot.de/2015/08/senior-general-min-aung-hlaing-receives.html

UK Export Finance to provide US$300 million in cover for Myanmar

By Mizzima
On Thursday, 25 February 2016
UK Export Finance (UKEF) will provide US$300 million in cover for Myanmar, in an effort to help
the compete with Asian companies currently dominating in the country, Global Trade Review
reported on 24 February. The initiative will support UK exporters working in Myanmar, but will
also allow the Myanmar government to borrow directly for deals with some UK content, but not
completely UK-based.
The UK is now the fifth-largest player in Myanmars emerging foreign direct investment market
behind neighbouring countries China, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. The UK has, as of
January 2016, invested just over US$4bn in Myanmar since sanctions were removed.
http://mizzima.com/latest-news-business-domestic/uk-export-finance-provide-us300-million-cover-myanmar

CONCLUSION

If one would carefully and from a realistic point of view look at the overall situation of the country,
one must admit that the future prospect is not very rosy. And although I am neither a legal expert nor a
politician nor a political activist representing any political or social organizations, I do not believe that an
ever-lasting peace can ever be achieved and maintained in the long-run, no matter how many peace
treaties are signed, until or unless the military effectively and urgently undertake the following reforms.
And any agreement or treaty that is signed under pressure from outside will also never bring a longlasting peace either. The few news pieces below will clearly show some insights into the socalled peace
process or peace efforts on the side of the outgoing government, the military and their outside
supporters as some examples:
Thein Seins last-ditch effort to achieve nationwide ceasefire
http://english.panglong.org/thein-seins-last-ditch-effort-to-achieve-nationwide-ceasefire/

Struggle to earn ethnic rebels' trust

http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/opinion/struggle-earn-ethnic-rebels-trust

The Myanmar Times

Nationwide pact turns into disaster
By Fiona Macgregor, Friday, 19 February 2016
The surge in fighting in northern Shan State in recent weeks has highlighted what a disaster the

nationwide ceasefire agreement has been. International organisations who supported it must
answer questions about their role, but right now urgent help is required for those suffering the
consequences.
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/opinion/19086-nationwide-pact-turns-into-disaster.html
..........................................
INTERVIEW

Aung Min: I Will Continue My Peace Work

By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
Burmas chief peace negotiator Aung Min at a meeting with ethnic leaders in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Monday, Feb. 22.
(Photo: Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy)

CHIANG MAI, Thailand Burmas chief peace negotiator and the head of the Myanmar Peace
Center (MPC), Aung Min, recently held a series of meetings with leaders of ethnic armed groups in
Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. The outgoing presidents office minister spoke with The Irrawaddy,
at the tail end of his visit, about his recent discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi, what he envisions for
the future of the MPC, and his plans to establish a new organization focused on building peace
As an experienced peace negotiator heading the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) and the Union
Peacemaking Working Committee, will you stay involved in the peace process?
I would like to focus on our MPC, [which is] a necessary organization Myanmar has not had national
reconciliation before, even though it is necessary for our country. We cannot move forward to nation building
without peace. Thus, we must engage in peace building, which is the MPCs priority. The journey has reached
this far: we were able to sign the [nationwide ceasefire agreement, or NCA] with eight armed groups. The
remaining armed groups have also agreed to the NCA text. The only reason they could not sign is because of
[demands for] all-inclusiveness...

How do you respond to criticism of the MPC in terms of funding and its approach to the peace process?
Firstly, we could not do anything without money. Before the help from international organizations, we had to
spend our own money. We need to spend money for travel and for the countless negotiation meetings. Later,
the international organizations started to support us, as they believed in our work. When they do that, we
cannot use the funding without [conditions]. They have internal audit teams who review our proposals and
implementation work. Not only us but other organizations are also receiving funds from international
organizations. It is not proper to say that the MPC misused international support. They support us until the
end of March [2016]. We will have to stand on our own feet later...

http://www.irrawaddy.com/interview/aung-min-i-will-continue-my-peace-work.html.
...........................................................
So, if the incoming government and the military sincerely want to build up a long-lasting peace, as
they always claim to be so, the military must completely reform itself at least in two things as urgently as
possible, otherwise the country's future looks very bleak indeed.

It must transform itself to be an absolutely disciplined army by, for instance, removing those
who were and are responsible for the torture, rape and death of countless innocent people
throughout the country for decades, and take full actions against anyone who commits similar
crimes in the future, like the brutal murder of two Kachin teachers (see below) - tens of thousands
of women in non-Burman territories had met the same fate during the 70-year old civil war.

It must try to be more humane and democratic in the eyes of the people, since it wants to
remain in power as long as possible - and at all costs. If such transformation does not happen in

the near future, the country may certainly break down again like what had happened once in
1988 and 2007 for there are so many conflicts in all corners of the country and at all levels of he
society.
If I undertand Buddhism correctly, to do such good deeds is also absolutely in line with the Lord
Buddha's own teachings. I do not think I need to be preachy. You know it much better than me.

Respectfully yours,

Thang Za Dal (Mr)

Grindelallee 141
20146 Hamburg
Germany
February 25, 2016.
"

A Special Apology to Readers of this Supplication: As this Supplication targets also the ordinary
man on the street, I have been using different colours profusely. The simple reason behind it is to
more easily attract their attention to some key information in this paper. And an extra tip for those
who are not familiar with the Internet: You may access the Links given in this Supplication (in
PDF) by directly clicking on them provided of course that your computer is connected to the
Internet.

Note 1. History of this Open Supplication: The first Supplication was dated July 19, 2014 and
disseminated to a number of recipients. Then it was modified for the first time in September 2014 bearing
the date of September 3, 2014. The second modification then was once again done in Febuary 2015 and
dated Febuary 7, 2015. It also was disseminated to a number of recipients. Then a 3rd modification was
made with a number of new Links and a few important corrections. It was then disseminated once again
around August 24, 2015. Then the 4th modication was made in December and dated 17th December
2015.A number of important changes and additions in the main text were made and some important new
Links had also been added as well. Following the outcomes of the November 8 general election and the
new situation of the country now, I could have added or changed some parts of it, but I let at least about
90% of the latest previous version of the 4th modification remain unchanged so that those who have had
not accessed it (the 4th modification) still would get what had contained in it. Nearly all the contents of
numbers FOURTH and CONCLUSION above are some examples in this case.
Note 2. I am the author of a few political papers on Burma. Among them are, for instance, a 663-page
paper under the title of THE CHIN/ZO PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH, BURMA AND INDIA: AN
INTRODUCTION (XVIII). The Link below is that of the 263-page excerpt;
http://de.scribd.com/doc/273696441/The-Chin-Zo-People-of-Bangladesh-Burma-and-India-An-Introduction-XVIII

a 267-page paper titled: GRAND STRATEGY FOR BURMA VII*, etc.

Note 3. I'm pretty certain that you may surely be wondering what the biblical references in the
AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL mean. Here are what these
verses say:
Hosea 2: 4. I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.
Matthew 5:9. Bless are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Ephesians 2:14-16. 14Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who
are God's possession to the praise of his glory. 15For this reason, ever since I
heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.16I have not
stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
(These verses are from The Holy Bible New International Version).
In fact, I myself am wondering if these verses, perhaps with the exception of Matthew 5:9, could be
relevant at all to the contents of this Appeal and the time and circumstances in which it was made. Hosea
in the first reference was a minor prophet of Israel around BC 800 and the person who spoke to him
should be the biblical God. And the woman was Hosea's adulterous wife and the chidren were their own
three children. Many Christian thelogians and scholars imply the wife and children should symbolize his
(God) relationship with the ever disobeying Israelites (disobeying God's laws), but since you are not
Israelites anyway, I cannot see the connection between this verse and you. And the third reference is just
about the writing of Paul (or Paul the Apostle), who had lived sometime between 5 BC and 70 AD. He
was a Jew converted to Christianity and became a missionary in the Asia Minor. However, he himself was
not a disciple of Jesus. The biblical verses were his writing to the saints of Ephesus, an ancient Greek city
in present-day Turkey. Here also I cannot see the connection between these verses and you, since you are
not Christian and did not live in Asia Minor 2,000 years ago. I simply cannot figure out why the authors
of this Apeal had chosen these verses for someones who do not have any ideas at all about Christianity!
And I cannot see the reason of connecting these events that had happened in Isael 3,000 years ago and
in Asia Minor 2,000 years ago with what is happening now in Burma.
As for the Matthew 5:9 verse, it's alright because these were the words of Jesus recorded in the Bible.
In fact, there are enough Jesus' own words in the four Gospels that should better be relevant to the
Appeal in question. The authors of this Appeal should or could have, for instance, even quoted Matthew
5:1 to 12 as I myself have done above. What I want to say here in short is that, if they had wanted to use
biblical verses either as a means to warn you against your persecuting the Christians in the country or to
humbly plead for your mercy on behalf of them, there are ample appropriate Jesus' own teachings for
such purposes in the Gospels.
Note 4. When I observe what you (previous and present rulers of the country) have been doing for
decades with the Chin people in Chin State, for instance, I get the very strong impression that most of you
do not even know who they really are, how they live, how much they have been suffering under your
decades-long rule, and how they worship their Deity. I'm therefore giving you a few selected youtube
Links below that would show you some parts of their culture (original folk dances and secular songs, for
instance) and how they worship their Deity (singing Christian songs in praise of their God), and also
about their social activities in Burma itself and India, and some other countries in which they live as
workers or refugees. (By the way, about 85% of the Chins in Burma circa 500,000 - in Chin State and
another circa 1,000,000 - elsewhere in Burma is Christian; the rest 10-15% - is shared equally by both
Buddhist and Animist. In like manner, about 99% of the Zo population of approximately 2-3 million in
Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura states in India is Christian.)
Note 5. Five rather unusual information pieces, which I did perchance find in the Internet very recently,
are also posted together with this Supplication in the hope that some people might be interested to find
out how two of the world's oldest civilizations see the destiny of this world and humanity and that there
are great wisdoms not only in the Judeo-Christian religions, but elsewhere as well. However, there's no
any other hidden motives behind my posting these items here.
Mayan End Age 12.21.2012 heralds a New Age of Spiritual Enlightenment
http://www.adishakti.org/mayan_end_times_prophecy_12-21-2012.htm
The Prophecy of The Return of a Supreme Being
http://adishakti.org/_/Prophecy_Of_The_Return_Of_A_Supreme_Being.htm

Golden Age in Hindu & Mayan Calendar - Mayan Calendar Corroborates Hindu Prophecy
http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/a/goldenage.htm
One Cosmic Day of Creator Brahma
http://hindureligionn.blogspot.de/2013/11/one-cosmic-day-of-creator-brahma.html
Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory - Hinduism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_interpretations_of_the_Big_Bang_theory
_______________________________________________
No. 6. Some of the 25 Youtube Links below will show you, as I have already said above, how the Chin
Christians are more obsessed with spending all their waking hours singing religious songs in praise of
their God and saying prayers to him rather than engaging in any political activities against you.
Some Chin/Zo Folk Dances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHKtDotnMY
1/5 of the 60th Chin National Day in Frankfurt, Germany (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL32vYA4s3w
Zo Lia Nu (My beloved Zo Sweetheart)
Composed/Sung/Edited and Produced by Cinpi (Idol) & Group
Models: Zam Bawi (girl); Khual (boy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyDCGaVD60
A modern Zo song sung by a group of young Zo girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQ0n2rEou4
Mizoram University Students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwD8K_RAPP0
Welcome December 2008 (Concert & Fashion Show), Yangon, Burma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8OpR-bIqo
Sweet December 2012 (Concert & Fashion Show)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwGTlzEJqk
64th Chin National Day in Singapore (2012) Part A-2
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMegsI_aFE
66th Chin National Day 2014 (celeberated in Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVZVHwrPT0
67th Chin National Day - 2015 (celeberated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNIEGwbWrs
67th Chin National Day 2015 (Video produced by Chins in Singapore)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1gxIFrBQM
Hinkhua Dawn Changin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQagpSsVqTA
Topa Hoih hi (God is Good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nneRHKGHJfg
Asho (or Plains) Chin Gospel Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvV5lPTOyd0&spfreload=10
We are One (A song sung by a few young Chin/Zo Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcT9_YunwXo
Zan Siangtho (Holy Night)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnR4r_W3id8
Ka Gam Uh Damsak In (Heal Our Land)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsLkH-ENBUs&feature=youtu.be
Puan Ngou Silh (Those Who Are Wearing White Gowns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMEkFbK48o
Ngaihte Pathian Ni ropui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjfj2uDG_zI
Fak Ru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUzlVFuA28
Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDUECdfyaFY
Khuavel kipak hen Let the whole world Praise!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pANkLbizs
Jerusalem Thar (New Jerusalem) Traditional tune ((lengkhawm zai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTsuSQ3V1mk
Lawmna Thuruk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytgfusfq4P4
It's Well With My Soul (Hmar Choir in New Delhi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEv3bALYDpk
__________________________________________
I did ask a number of people who are familiar with the 3-part youtubes below and the current situation in he country as
well. They told me that all the starving people in the scenes in these youtubes are from within Yangon itself, the former
capital of the country, and along the railway lines in central Burma, and some war refugees along the Burma-Thai
border.
Burma Part (1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzhVnuZDbHE
Burma Part (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OBjmU2LUeI
Burma Part (3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLz_Ed2NNT0

Thumbnails of Youtube Links Listed Above

(created in this form by thangzadal. Hamburg. 02.16)

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AN APPEAL TO THE STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

(From Myanmar Catholic Bishops And The Myanmar Council Of Churches)
September 24, 1999, Yangon, Myanmar
May the Peace and Grace of Jesus Christ and God be with you!
A. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches were formed with
the objectives of all Christians in Myanmar to work for Christ's Mission.
B. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference, an organization comprised of 13 Bishops, has been
working hard leading 12 Catholic regions.
C.
The Myanmar Council of Churches, a leading national Christian ministry, is comprised of 13
members of national Christian denominations that are affiliated with 9 other prominent Christian
organizations such as the Young Women Christian and the Young Men Christian Association. The leaders,
as well as the members of these organizations, under the above two major organizations are all citizens
of Myanmar.
D. Although both of the two major organizations are cooperating with other organizations around the
world, they are freely operating in their own cause.
E. The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches are working for
human developments for the benefit of the mission and the country. They establish hospitals, clinics, and
schools that are basic necessities for a peaceful society; and selfless doctors and teachers are sacrificing
in the good cause. Until today, they have established such things as a hospital for leprosy, school for the
deaf, school for the blind, school for elderly care, school for orphans and are providing their best
possible care for the aban- doned and refugees.
F. They are also working with their best possible efforts for better environments, efficient transportation,
welfare and developments of the lives of young people, women, and children.
G. To be able to undertake the above mentioned mission responsibilities, the Myanmar Catholic Bishops
Conference has formed the "Peace and Justice Commission" and the Myanmar Council of Churches has
formed the "Reconciliation and Peace Commission." The basic Biblical principle of the Commission is as

follows:
H. Being faithful believers of the peaceful God, who governs with everlasting love, we believe that as we
are responsible to build and prosper the virtues that will end conflicts and promote justice and peace,
which has always been desired by the people, we will carry but this task so long as we are alive.
(Biblical References: Hosea 2:4; Matthew 5:9; Ephesians 2:14-16).
I. We would like to present the hardships and obstacles we have faced while undertaking these tasks in
recent years to the national heads. Prohibition of Christian evangelical works in some states and
townships, expulsion of mission workers, prohibition of worship services, arrests and persecutions, forced
renunciation of Christian faith, and destroying of Christian crosses have been encountered. In some states,
repairing of Christian buildings was not allowed.
Permission for building was not allowed or permission was delayed. For Christians, crosses are very
important because they are the symbols of sacrifice and service for human beings. Therefore, a place for
worship and a place for erecting Christian crosses are of prime importance.
In publication of Christian literature, some words and vocabularies were not allowed or were
restricted by the censorship board. This restriction can consequently lessen the warm relationship among
religious organizations.
Due to the above obstacles, Christians have no peace of mind.
Therefore, with the aims of building a new developed and modern country by joining hands in unity with
all ethnic nationalities and Burmese, we would like to request and present to the national leaders to solve
the above mentioned obstacles. Also, in the future, we will present the needs and difficulties to you as
necessary.
The Myanmar Catholic Bishops Conference and the Myanmar Council of Churches would also like to
state that on the basis of love and justice, we would always try to build a long lasting reconciliation and
peace. May the grace and peace of the ever-lasting God bestow upon our national leaders and our
motherland! Amen! (Source: RODODENDRON VIII No. VI Nov.-Dec. 2000.
Burma's Catholics Celebrate 500th Jubilee With Events in Rangoon.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/multimedia-burma/burmas-catholics-celebrate-500th-jubilee-events-rangoon.html
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A TRUE LETTER OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST

Consecrating the Drops of Blood which Our Lord Jesus lost on His way to Calvary.
Copy of a letter of the Oration found in the Holy Sepulche of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem
preserved in a silver box by His Holiness and by the Emperors and Empresses of the Christian Faith.
St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget wishing to know something of the
Passion of Jesus Christ offered fervent and special prayer, upon which there appeared to them Our
Lord Jesus Christ who spoke to them in the following manner:
I descended from Heaven to the Earth in order to convert you. In olden times people were religious
and their harvests were abundant; at present on the contrary, they are scanty. If you want to reap an
abundant harvest you must not work on Sunday for on Sunday you must go to church and pray to God
to forgive your sins. He gave you six days in which to work and one for rest and devotion and to tender
your help to the poor and assist the Church.
Those people, who brawl against my religion and cast slurs on this Sacred Letter, shall be foresaken
by me. On the contrary, those people who shall carry a copy of this letter with them shall be free from
death by drowning and from sudden death. They shall be free from all contagious diseases and lightning,
they shall not die without confession and shall be free from their enemies and from the hand of wrongful
authority, and from all their slanderers and false witnesses.
Women in peril at childbirth will, by keeping this Oration about them, immediately overcome the
difficulty. In the houses where this Oration is kept, no evil thing will ever happen and, forty days before
the dealth of a person who has this Oration about him or her.
To all those faithful who shall recite for 3 years, each day 2 Our Fathers, 2 Glorys, and 2 Hail
Marys, in honour of the drops of blood I lost, I will concede tha following 5 graces:

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The plenary indulgence and remittance of your aims.

You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you, it will be the same as if you had
completed them.
It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith.
I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives until the fourth generation.

Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150, there who trailed me while I was bound
were 23. The excutioners of justice were 83; the blows received on my head were 150; those on my
stomach were 108; kicks on my shoulders 80; I was led bound with cords by the hair 24 times; spits in
the face were 180; I was beaten on the body 6666 times; beaten on the head 110 times. I was roughly
pushed and at 12 oclock was lifted up by the hair, pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard were 23
times; received 20 wounds on the head; thorns of marine junks 72, prick of thorns on the head 110,
mortal thorns in the forehead 3. I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the
body 1000. The soldiers who led me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched me were 3; and
those who mocked me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28 430.
Benedettadas- S
POPE LEO XIII
In Rome, 5 April, 1890
1st Printing 1982. 3000
2nd Printing 1982. 2000
3rd Printing 1983. 4000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CATHOLIC PRESS, KALEMYO, Burma. (Its a word-for-word reproduction from the original text done by Thang Za
Dal. Hamburg/23.05.2002.)