lV1ont:hy News and V·~,~.ws of Roh1ngya SOlidar'ity Qrganizati,on (FlSO).

, Arakan (Bu,rmit,)

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ls,t'May 2010

Issue: 05

08

o C~;er story :

"NLD boyeotts junta sponsored polls ",f,:lOIO

Qt

,0 Editorial ::

'No go 00, 'future' 'e:xpected for Rohingyas with the establishm,ent of 'military, democracy

01 Burmese P'M quits military' post

o Rolullgya 'Humanitmian Cris\u; in Bangladesh

02

03

03

O S d" A~'h' e- d' US d .c_1II 'i

' .• '. a.u, ,_l-H.I'iI ~J.a, and '.' '_ stand J,irnu.y ,m

eupp' . - '0"'11' of'Rohin 'BV1I_ refuaees m'~

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Bangladesh

06

,0 More military, intelligence personnel in Bomer' territories

67

O "·M:· .... ',.' ·_til"\ft mil ,"'i~rft:; ·,';d' frO ,.,'-. 'l'M • .::Il!'.

, '_ ,yanmar se~, .. 1.!OW.1 ,ttl., ·om UJ.wa,

to: 'fJ.us'b out rebels

07 01 01

'0 The UN singles out big oil in, Burma o "Myanmar 'blasts killed :U 'least 24

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surmese rmntary Junta coetmues to

strenzthen militarv canacitv ~,u,~ue~· '," .' ... ,Utr.-i.u.~'J '~UW. ':~1'

AcqWring: 'both, defensive and offensive

'ftil'ilb ~ 1,: - .. ca~l.ulles,

08

NL .•..... boycotts J .. nta so • seredpells of 2010

USD'A'Romj'lIates 1 Rohingyas to staDd from. Ma'In,gdaw., Ar,an'. !iJ. ate

After' a long' speculation about ils; participation in the forthcoming general election sponsored by the' military' junta, the National League for Democracy (NLD)':IS stan.d has become clear, Following a 'meeting' of 1'00 of the group's senior members on March ,29, '2010 in 'Rangoon, the NLD has decided not to register the party, It also said it could not participate in the process criticized 'by Daw Aung San Suu ~yj, ,p~"s General Secretary as "unjust", New election laws required political parties to register for the election, due 'to 'be held, later this year, 'before the first week ofMay Underthe rules enacted in March by the junta, which a18'0 bar S'UR Kyi and thousands 0,£ other political detainees from participating in. this polls, any' party that does notregister 'will, cease 'to exist,

Meanwhile at an, emergency party meeting held in

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League 'for

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ernocracy

(ALD) has

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decided not 'to rezister with 'the Election Commission or to contest'

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... th "'1' -t. red ]- '."

m ne nn nary sponsore election,

Besides" three ethnic, political parties have registered 'with 'the

'E' I·' .....• ;:; C' ., ,'''., .;0; ' till ' , ".' ~T·h····· " ,-~ .. , .. , Ii, V,n_ .. ·· 'p" : '1"·'" Partv

,eCu,on·o,IDft]]S,Slon .... now, Lne ,piU'i • .1eS arec Karen cope: s rarty

'Led, by neurologist Dr, Sai Mentha .• Kachin State Progressive P:9"f1:u

. le~ ,~ II. M.Jt ~~J'

(KSP'P) led" by Dr, Tuja and ceasefire group Pa 0 National

O izati 11rh.10· .). ]_.;.JI 'b- A' Kh h' A t ~,",j f~' '19" n '~ti" 1

rgamzar on \A',L,i!'.. ,ICY :,Y' ,'-"IJ1lg' ,:,_&0, "".J,~ ':~i 'OI,tW or por r ca

~ 'I' d far.Am tho II' 1 d d

parties are registerer so rar., mong tnose are mciuoe :

1. .Modern People's Party, ,2, Peace and Divinity Party, 3~ 88 Myanmar Democratic Party for a new Society, 4. 88 Generation, Student and Youth, (Union of Myanmar), Democratic' Party (Myanmar)" 7'~ Union National Politic & Alliance Organization, 8~

Na" 0' .'~ A-ft·S· "1 V·'nt'·· . ~ity'_ . ,> Partv

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Please Ceatnue to Page =03

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No good future expected for

R h· lth th - bll h -

o . ingyas WI.. t ... e esta ·.·8 ment

of military democracy

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n,e can, , ,LIla, e ~e, ' ''''',ILI,-,. C,':- . ~-,,'.,-w, ,

~ - ~'f -, ''-- ed b ,'-.- I', ,--, , -, ,n~',~ t , -', '''It· 4-:'L,r.ili'r- 'P' '0" liti cal

misuseo ,:~.y varIOUS' quarters ,0 SUI-, WW.t.L ,.,-,'-:.1 \~I'

in terest For example: Co nnmum .. st North Vietnam -' "'·"1'1:",88-",',"·

~llrw~... ._ '. I '.,.~ .•... 'JL~!I ',;..... . . ,",: . 'J. _ .. _ _. ,_."_ __ ~ _. "'i ..

"" d" 'D'" - ,-"tim, R'" , bli of Vietn m ("D" ,'n .. V),,-,"'~;,

namea :cm:oc,ra",c ",CpU.-, rc o":le,_~,,,A:,-_,~

Comm --,,, um ist N-': '0' 'rth·,-" Korea "m 'name' Is De om' ioeratic

... :.~ .. " .. '. .... "~ .. - ... ~(I,: ... <. ..... :.:., :'-" ..... .: .~.' ~ ."': .. _"';,'.,'._. ::Q .' : ... ,'·.·r.· .... ···.:··.~:,u .. ~ ... ·.-

People's Republic, of Korea, (DPRK)~ These countries

-, uh ,'.' than un h'-, __ ,]-"d' ,",i!i, , ',. 'd:' .'. ocratic '~-'1" ;,- '-kill'""----'-""'d"

ra er tnan up o_m,g_emocra ac va ues, ""e:

d ';;' ~ 1 I ~ .t.':...,...., '"' i-i..... tory- ~

emocraev m Its rea. sense, . t l8 a, rascmatmg '" S; . " In

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Burma th at aft ..... _, tram' -",-,0 -"-'P'" '}' in "0" over d emoeratic '1'!I71al-' u es ,'WLu.a. .. !U. .... .lu;a --. - ...•..... ' c: u ..... -, , __ • ~\ - ·",wa.· ":"i- .'.'- •. '..,

- -" d- ',- '", . , th ..~' 'h' ·'.IB . "f-' th - - -, ',' '1···· ,rI- - th - -, I' - ,', t 4'-' 8" ",'

,an- c US11Tr'1mg,: ':e n"p, :.'U) O. --. e p •. oop~e lor ,-cas I"

.... ,p 0 " ,.

years, the military generals are going: 'to establish s'o ... ' ,,;ojj;,,",,"'11 ;;I;j01Jm~r- 'or.'U' in D- 11"r'H11G by holdina a sham e I eo' ' hAn ~ U~- - oc Q}¥J ," u.i.~~: DJ-'-:e a : ~ c, --, ..wy~

the result of which is already a 'foregone conclusion,

Th" ere:--,'-C.:o···.· r"e', - w- ;"e",',' S'·' h:'-'o-- ',u-ld, b'''" 'e': -·tter' " ,:" ':' t' pnn-- 4-1.-~, d"em"- . '0"'0' :m,- "',cy,,---,,-,,-- to',··· b: ·e·:

.. JJ . _ ""., '/ .. _ . . . .... '.___ _ '\"i; , , Ul"" _ ' . .. - _,_:, _. __-

'I'"'.n· -k.,,,,,,,,,....llu-,-.;l b:" y' 'th· ," ~ -rn';ll~'t-~.'rtr ['":n' B" 'urm' " -- -, '! 3!i:'!i th' :-e" "'""11- 'l~M"r

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Th- tual b- ,. ii f"h ~ 't- iii ii' ,i,

- -e······ tRC-' -." 0 :r1Ipic··tiv', c", 0' t -e.: 'mt tto;rtF regun- - e '18 to

'.' .--.-. '._-' - -- '_.' _.-JW' . - - ._ ._' ' ... -' . -"~J ' '.- _.. _. ._.-

continue "the ,rule of the 'mil jt~ru oenerals in the facade

. ._' -._ .. ' ,--- .... . ~-. 1 " ..... .. ." ['. 'l - '. ~lJ .!C·· -" \' ~- . - , ._.. '.' .... ,. _" ~., .

,of denl,ocracy',~, The milit'g-"r drafted constitution of

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20''''0'-''8'-:; 'L.,_',--' ,:c ,m" ~-,·""all' "', -, ,,'," , . ' , 'd" /,".' ···..: ... ·-'·..,;:·0'0'- '0' f~' 'D1l···""'I"l~'M,ft:r

" .Di;IS 0, :Cl<y ensure_ con,lW.uatL .. ...•. : - - ~j

1 Th- 1. ..,. . ...1. 4;, .... ...l ~ vil~ c '"' 'il ... 11,:

ru'e~, -" .ey nave a,uop,Lco CI_- ... lan, ,one :party' SOClilidit

mI- e'- b, Y'" Po.e·'ta, :-'b- "]i~h'mil g: the '~o-calle, d- Burro·" >, e, .. 8······~ w,'·a:y· .. ' to

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.. -. ~At; '.. -·t - '" .. " , ,'" 'ial'"'''' .. ,~.'. In'7::4'- 1-'9"'-8'0 .f., ". SOCIRllSm~ no~ genume soc ';'lsm n,om, 7" COOl ,,,'<0 I.U

-, ," n~'n"ue"_- tb----'e·· Q~ame"" ". 1"'t'I';'ll~tjATU' ml"", Dl1'"'ng"'" BSP'P rule

co,. ,L..I .'-- .... I '-, ~' . '.' ,i.-.J.J.,J;, ----"',J . . , .. ,~ ,~~ '.' "-, .. ,-'

ev"·Q!,ry"-::,'·-n:ft1e.,, kn",,-,, OT£1D tha--, t-'- l"'t'-- 'wa~: ..i.1...e, 'ID]" ;to']l~tary- - '-"'-" 'w-, ,hi··tc,:h'-:- c·····a1'-,-]-~d

.,.., .. :~V~.·· .... ·,no,. .'. '._" -Q Y-l.· '_'J , ,: _ .••• ~_'J" "'~'.'

th·- -"h' t' 'N"" ,_ th' _._ - 1I!1~'t . ,..... . .. .;;,.- ,j.,- . ·ta','bl ... : .... ·1..

e so,~ ",ow_,e :mllaty 'IS· gomgt:o eS.,-.liMI,

"Burmese 'way:-' to, DemocrflCV' but 'not real democracy'"

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I--t- "-"ill,lI' b-" 'th-' ", ' .. '--'-,,', ---1" ~,,-, 'th;--,--, .. , .... -c'""'li~ '- -'1.,,- .... 1-1"'" "",h:---.---,,,ill'

,c w..... '. e .e genera.s IQ, .e C:lVl .. an Cfluml W .0 w ...

call the shot in the coming,,·., 'mi]it~n.r ;democraru~

,.'~'~-": ,-- . ' ' -," _-'.' .'- ,~.:" . ':'~'IJ '._',.' -' _~[~II!!I

The military is ,afraid of' e'st,ablishing: genuine,

d 'be- th ~ll-" ha-' t rae' I'" tho,

,,'-'- .. -'--- .. -',-,'--',',-' ... :" :,'" '" ", ,-- "", .. ,,--, '.,-- ",',.' " ",,', '",' ... ",'- -'" -,,,',",' "I -,-,

,eD)ooracy .,,:cause ,ey WI.· ;... veo _.e sure y . e

International. C,riminal Court at the I ague like

M~l' o· ·~e··i1i}l'~C-' Qftid·.··· ·R.····~d,·- 0' 'V'l'i:I,n V':"""I"""' .... ~..l:'c--, .c..o'" r' 'w'··'sr- crimes and

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ii Ii ", .. h ;OJ, tho, ,~.

ifIIinID"" ~~ R' -'gatoS,,,., ,·,-,-t hurnam' -c'-'--' 'h1 T' .. -'~'y.') are 'try- ",'--,'m-'---'8" 'to·- SBV>C 'err'

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-' ._'. - ..

,,'kin 'by" es,tablis'hing.. fake democracy·, through······ sham

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el-- e'~"~o---D-" s': to: ',," b--:e" t..oO!1]-d' UD'-"'d;',;:t,'r--= an······ atm--'" , '-"ocp--'"h' e:r-~ 0" f'_' '.t':e·· •. ·:ar,·- ?i'nd-- ,-

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'i' '~ 'i'd-' ,t, 'ii' ....,'1..... th ' ' 'b h" h-' :mtimt .. · atlDniowever triC:J:lY ,".' ,ey 'may .~.e,-,ow 'muc,"

mant- '~P" 'ul'-: a" tt"'o"'n'- t,1...e' y" 'm- >I'"'g:h" t nSlT"'Ml o-"''-''u't tbr- " 'O····l:lIg'" b· ... Ic""le--'v'··~

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, -~, th··--·, ,. - .+, da'- £ .. th~ -'th- ,-"f:'th'--'-'-

con:~,.Lvance, ,e,Y m~L onc"_y lace ~ ".e~ wm _ 0 ._-_ e,

'1' d-' Ii ,~

peop 'e an~,:Justice,~

G -'-, ~"--, "'''--''d·· $_1",,_ --:::-:-"I"~,tt-·"': ..• , n8" 'are"-- "-. 'm" ,,"'·ffi'~e··(~'t-'I'·a'--t' ...1 '-:-:"nI' ""'Y';

enume an,·. ,.L~' po 1, .Cla .... ~ '.:.,,', , .. ,._. '\1,~:m..l,. ,"_ I.VU, 0, ....••...

'c'"A....,_ , - ,-, ,- '.'",--""C.' .1..,....,;" ,'", gh' ", n aeid test ., f'-" th -" :i: .... -~- . ettle n,T,.

,Eu.c;,c passmg lIJI~OU,.-- :., an ReI· .. " L'US.- o .. :.,Cn, me. ,_e'I!1 "I:

'1- d 1· !'1.. ...1 ' 'N· ii' ... '11 L· ,c_' D·

wou '::_.. . lAC to salute Nanonal eague tor .,emoc.mcy

(NLD) and its leader M's Aung San Suu Kyi for 'taking'

:Iji, ,. d .. ii , iii' th i!i"l~" d 'M"

a riabt t eC'iSlon to reiect 'e nnhtary ... / t emocracy.:" ... , '8

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Suu Kyi has really demonstrated statesmanship by .~'- ct :Ii.~,. the falseh .. 0':" "d- eve -.--- at the .';:-1'0' st her ,.·~gTh;I'S reJtt:,m,g ,Ie, ,1W,se\ ,0,,>. ,:V\i.tO ,a_- .... ,- C-, .'. Pu,a'''J ...

future ..

, __ - ,- sh uld "" ~ th him- ,I,

Th' .r:jii, Burm .. "':-'--,e-~;p; people ',,' --0··· .. ··· n" iot a.'1 V"""C" ''!1ft 00····-, e--, , , w','-" -, C',c"s:'

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, , -

, 'f'--:: - b-' ,,-- "h'" . f" __ , 'b-' ...- .. ilitarv th , " rho 'h- Id"

o a, c.. uno • o. pow'er ,~. ungry 'ml~~'J< _ ;'ugs w. ,0 ,·.e __ ,

'them hostage' lor the last nearly' fifty years, It IS, a, na atur ral p'" "h·-~o- menon that 011-- PQ g P- eep 'Ie··· 1Q subd du .... ...J by

~ _ ._ ',.; ._\ '-",&,1,'- ,"-'I.Ii.,I,,: \I.lL, .. .. ' ,,<" ,,\JW Q . vu' .,:; W g,w.'_, cu, . ......,

'-C' -',,-c" ,c.'~,- , ", C,.-,- -c' <-iii the .- !]'1 ha _'c to :, ...... ',m- - c "",,'---- th --c ""- .,",'.-' ,---' of

coercIve .Lorcc_, .. ey WI 1, r ave '0 SWIer anD ... er ~pan" 0' ,

time till their 'y.'-' ounzer zeneration grows to dismantle

'-' "-,', ' "c -, ,,_C'C' ,:':''-'':_'',~'-' ,0 -, -'_' '_ "<;" "-,,,,- ,'. "~-_, "_" - C" . "':'-

. d 'b li h th difi f'" fa 1 h d Th B

ano a ·0, IS- 'we en nee 0' ra se '00: (I). .ne rsurmese

people must contmue "the' strueele they ...... · 'were WB,mno'

.' . ' ... '. .... '. ~'. .. -' '.~ - r .. . . .... ~. : '.. '1' •• _'. ','.': ........ W;5.c· . . ._- _. '. '.::.:" .'.... ..'> _. - D&-"'-~

since 191\0 election to establish truth, justice 'and 'fair'

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play

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, .

Th Ar'" ... '1,... ........ R" "bin- -,~, ,- - itnati .... ;1!~.. ·t-' fro:' " , , , 'th'" ,'"

e ' 'a&WI",o',gya SIILu.G_,on ]8 unreren : om, 0,: er

Burmese P' 'e' onles and .. ethnic c ommnnitie 's·,' Th P."U' h ave

. ' .. _ . . _:__;~. .~ :_ 'r" ~-' Ud-I. ~:' ~ -~ I ~. ~'.:_:' ._ . ....:_._. U .. - _ ,!!!! '1¥_J' .. _f~ • ' ..

belen, su:~je'c;ted to' a well planned" design, of

- ~ - t tlmi'- iii 1 ,~ d '~'d' b

,extermInation, e,'.·~'--'c c ea'D,slD,g ',an-:'. genoe]: e'-y

d::J:C' 8' 'I' ii' t,' f"" B' '", ~' h-

, ,,'illeren:t.1urme,se: re,g·1mes s,mce. sep··- "aratlon '0 - "ntts:"

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'B- &" B' 'I';' 'h' Indi'"' '" 19'-'37' N" ,'" ti~ d .urma c ~om, ' -ntis'. .-, ,. ,3 tn, ,,/ -,: .. --'.;0 'regtme ,prac - ce- ,

~ ~ d fi"'" ~, I ~ ,'I' th'" 'H th

Justice an> .. 'tlll' p,ay' m treating '"cm~ " owev'cf' .... _,cy'

" - -- , --- ed-" 'b d·".J:;C; .. . .. t, "'-,'~ ,-----" t- 'furth':" " '- th"·· .. '~,,- ..... 't':t~·· .• ,.-t

were u~s<· .• 'yJ.'ueren ", regunes '01 . .... .. cr' .•. elf' PO,ll, lCtul.

interest'l In, 1961 the' 'U Nu ,administration promis'ed, 'world -,of thin,gs to -the' Rohingyas 'wi.th a view' to disarm,

th" eo· '~e- iD~'S· ","nn'-- -C'- ·e'" fi·~'iR'b·te·_-"irO

'.' .' 1.,1 ':.:Br.I.' I..CL ".' .' ...... ~. . ~.' .. " ~-i!

The,' 'U",·' N·:'·n, r'e.-.:g-IID~:· ... ~ h"'R'--'d" r-~c·'_-'o,', .gm,:"- 'Iz,,~d" R.···,o,h-, m"':"gy->,a··· !Q:~' '~;n",',

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• ,'_.' .. _ '. .' ,_,'1 ..

'm~ dJ-'l~'g'e"'n'o'-us- ethn'.-"'-' l~'C' g"-r'oup' ·M·-·'y- u F'ro"'n-"tl'~lpr"

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Adm"' ,", .. (-"M- , F!A:)-- ,- d .;:: 1ft'-]1 th

,-:·'_· •. jni,stratto'n __ '_,~n.,~' was crea.te to iQ. ,": .. ,,',e,

demand of creating' a, Muslirtt National ar-ea~ 'H,owever, '8'oon after the 'militarv takeover all the eulier p:romises,

," -.' , - - , . - , .. -oJI;',J ,- ,. -, --,.- --.-., ., ,--,' -- .-.,

wcr-e broken. To.day"·· the' Rohm'gy~ ... a cannot even claim to

- I'. .

b Ii JI f'--' ','-

e CItizens o. ' ,Burma~

A'.-' ~, ,- '" -- ,', d ,", -- -' - , -,,--,'~ ,"- ," ,~, -,' ',' , ,,- - " ,Ii , , ,--, "I ,- , ,,- ',,'" ,- -, ' ,-

t present nDj;'_er m,ountt'D,g' :lntema~10na pressure

ag,:'\a,-'ms~' -. ,t' th'-~A 're--g'.tm~';:'· e' ~o:',"n-'c::'e" -m""m'"':'-'g:'-,' li!,t'S··· 'he,,-'-8' tm-,~,t o:fC:-'

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R1ohin,gya and ,with, th,e intention to, secure

- -, "1-"'- - , -. ·ta·----~· -eM Jl._--- th'" ---- M'-" "-lim~ -" d' '.- .. ~' --, ... ' ...... ,'...;1 ,,- -~L

parJDlD',CD' ··c-ry sca:~, :uDm .:.,C ." ..... :0:& .. ' ..•.. ···· •. OJDlnatcO noJ.,W

"-:.,..,'1.... th 1'. '" II' th' .. "I' '""k th" Ii .

AiltAan~ - '. e Junta, IS 'USmg'- -- em agam .1 "C' '.'- err

'ft't"'ArlIA~ < ,,-, .... b'" "',,' .--,---,., 'k'O; ,- ',' , :,'" ~" - '" " ""-11:"- ,,- -", 'G"--'-~"_.,''''-' th"-:"",:~,-,,

~JL~eSslors~y ,m~ln,g v,anous ove,_~es,'!, ····Jven " ,err

. """ -- f-n.ft"""a . f' 'th··· 'Ii - thnj" __ , OJ 'td"" --'t'li,ty-- , '-, 'R' '- ,h.'10.... -

n,on aooepwu~' 0, , ' . ,ell' e"., .'.' c r··tm;:l. as; .··,om,gyQ.,

DUg ~nu' 'ld"·'-' e", _as:"l"'l;to]-y' o",,~~c,e·: th'-ig1'~ re··.··~a, ',1- m:~-tAn' :t.-:o,--'n,

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by Habib Siddiqui and Nora Rowley (Saturday, April 3, 20 0)

"The Roh,tngya refugees remain trapped in Q' desperate

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land the 196J Conve'ntiQ,n on th'e ,Re,duc~tiQ,H qf State'les8HeBS. Thi87n'U8.t change ,by ratiJYing those c(Jnv'enti'o,m'~ .~

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thousands of Bangladeshi-Americans who live: in, and around the Big Apple state, In its F ebruary 20 'pub 1 ic ation the' headline read" "Burmese Refugees Persecuted 'in Bangladesh.Tl]

It said; "Stateless refugees from Myanmar are suffering beatings '<and deportation in Bangladesh, according to aid workers and rigbrs groups who' :say' thousands are crowding into a squalid, camp 'where th - e ~a' fie s tarvation and di OAiQ se n It des en ib ed th e

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report should ICom:C as no surprise to 'many' of 'us who have 'been. following the inhuman condition, of the Rohingyas around the world for a 'number of' years, In its Special Report, dated. February 18, "Bangladesh:

Violent Crackdown Fuels Humanitarian Crisis for Unrecognized Rohingya Refugees," the Doctors 'With,Qut Borders (MSF) criticized the Bangladesh government for violent crackdown against the stateless Rohingyas in. ,B'angladesh.I~]

It 'W'SS' IB chastising report in, which .. the MSF called foe an immediate enid 'to, the violence, along with 'urgent. measures by the Government of Bangladesh and the office of the United Nations High, Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to, increase protection to; Rohingya refugees seeking asylum in. the country;

Last mouth, the Physicians, for 'Human 'Rights (PHR) issued anemergency report, "Stateless and. Starving; Persecuted Rohingya Flee B\umI8. and Starve in Bangladesh", This report reveals a PHR emergency assessment of l,8~,3:%: acute malmnritien in children", TL:~ 1 1 f hild In iti .. 'Ii .. ;;I';]: ,lllUi level 0 - 'c, . .•... rna - utntion is "considerea

"critical" by the World Health Organizati'on (WHO);, which recommends in such crises that adequate food' aid be delivered to the entirepopulation to avoid high 'M".J'Mit,:L~~'S ofpreven. tble La't~'LD '~"["3']

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The extreme food insecurity causing this critical level of 'malnutrition is the direct consequence of' Bangladesh. government authorities ~ restricting. movement and, therefore, income generation of the Rohingya, and, actively obstructing the amount of'

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Rohingya refugees inside: Bangladesh, In. the last few years we have raised the' Rohingya issue a few times with, Bangladesh government, but have 'failed to impr-ove the deplorable condition. Denied citizeaship righ ts and, subiected to reoeated abuse and 'forced, slave

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labor in their ancestral homes in, the ,Ar,akan/Rakbine

state of Burma by' a xenophobic Buddhist, government, 'where' they" cannot travel, marry OT' practice ' __ heir religion, freely, and betrayed and battered by their Magh Rakhine co-residents, many Rohingya Mnslims have hardly any option left for them to survive with. dignity other than, .seeking refuge outside, The neighboring : ,'angiad,esh to the north-west with her huge Muslim, population and historical tie's with Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, dating bIRC,k, centuries earlier during 'the Arakanese rule of those districts, (1:5.38 ... .1666), provides a natural setting for seeking shelter, Thus, when the Burmese genocidal campaigns ,_ Naga Min (1978 ... ,79) and Pyi Tbaya (1991-92) - forced eviction of some .30.0,,000 and 268,000 Rohingya refu,ge,fuj,respe~tively" to seek shelter outside it was Bangladesh where they' ended, up, With th ~ "AM f"_' th 'UNH'" CD 'B' 1""'.AI h' ~ ted

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most ofthose refugees back, to Arakan, Still; however, tens of thousands of Rohingyas never returned, especially from the second batch" of major exodus" in 1.991 ... 921 The on-going Nasaka O,P erati on, and targeted violence by the Rakhine Maghs inside the Rakhine state, have: also "forced many Rohingyas to leave their anoestra - land 'and return again to Bangladeshi Many of those refugees have often used Bangladesh as a transit point to! seek 'better shelters elsewhere, Man:y of the Rohingyas have ended up in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and, also in, Pakistan, ,As' noted recently 'by Syed Neaz Alnnad In a 'New' Age article, the late, King F'aisal '8 kind gesture t-o offer' the fleeing Rohingyas a permanent abode in, Saudi Arabia is no longer respected, 'by the new rulers whohave restricted

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According to him some three thousand Rohingya families are in Makkah and Jeddah prisons awaiting their depertation.] 4]

It is ',good to hear that' the Pakistan government has agreed to take these 'unwanted. refugees, (Islamabad can also do a noble job, albeit a delayed one for the: past four decades, in, taking some 300,000 stranded Pakistanis - living a miserable life in, camps in Bangladesh.) There are some 13,,600 Rohingyas registeredwiththe United, Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . (UN 'CR) in, Malaysia, an. estimated 3,,000 'in Thailand" and unknown numbers in India, Small number of Rohingya refugees also lives in

Japan, Australia land, the USA,~ The total number' of Rohingya refugees living: inside Bangladesh today is not known .. The UNHCR stopped documenting the

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Africa and, 'Eastern, Europe. From, my contacts within the Rohingya leadership, the: estimate' 'is around, 400,OOO~, Of these refugees, only 28,000 are recognized, as prima facie refugees by' 'the Government 'of Bangladesh and live in, official camps un:der the supervision ofthe UNHCR. [5]

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They live mostlyin and, around Cox's Bazar and the Hilly districts of Chittagong, Some of the unfonunate refugees have also ended, up living in slums' of big cities like, Dhaka and Chittagong, As reported, by the :MSF and, the Amnesty International, these Rohingya refugees are treated ,B$ unwanted "folks and, have faced repeated 'beatings, and, barassment, including forcible repatriation to Myanmar. Many refugees, who had, been repatriated to their country in the past, had,

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development and change in, the attitude of the

Myanmar authorities. 'Some R;ohingya 'refugees live at a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, south of Cox's Bazar, Last: June and July the local authorities destroyed 259 homes in that' 'makeShift camp to clear space g,1"\O··.UD-~ d th" a perimeter of the offi 'c···· ',I'Il'a)" UNH.,··<· • . c ••. ··R.·.·~

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camp at Kutupalong, There was a crackdown in, October in Bandarban District, east of C{)X',S, 'Bazar, forcing many Rohigyas to 'take' shelter in, the makeshift camp in, Kutupalong, 'In January '2010) another crackdown followed the refugees 'living in, Cox's Bszar District, " 'o add to the brutality of the authorities, the Rohingyas also suffer at the hands of the: Iocalpopulation, whose anti-Rohingy ' .. " .. ·a sentiment is

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fuelled, by local leaders and" the media.]"]

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emerged for the fleeing' Rohingyas,~,' -: 2002 during the police action "Operatio,n Clean He~rf;';'- m~y' Rohin,gyas 'were' vi,o.lently' forced :ftom their homes,

which led to the establishment of 'the original Tal makeshift camp ona 'swamp-like patch. of ground. 'This camp relocated, and in the spriog of 2:00,6 MS,F started a medical program at 'the, new site where at the time around .5~ 700 unregistered Rohingya lived in lawful, nns 'Gft'~'k", co' '.' "o'd' itio .. n,1O an' ;0 small ,"'. strip of fl 0"0' ·d·:" land in

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~ knaf ,,. th Co' "B DIi' iI A'A . f re ct '. at m tne r ·· •• xs nazar District.After two years 0"

providing humanitarian assistance, and following strong advocacy by M:SF~ which ultimately gained, the sup .. p ... on .. of ... ' UNH .. , . C:,R·· •. ·· and th,'·e:. intematio mal comm unitv,

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the Government O'£' Bangladesh allocated new' land in Leda Bazar for around, 1,0,,000 people in, :mid~,2008., Less 'than one' :year later, 'nearly 1..3,,000 people were

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conditions having changed little, According to the

MS,P, 'these people continue to struggle to survive without recognition and opportunities to provide for themselves inside an increasingly' hostile: 'environment [8]

'With a, iota , population of over 2'8,400,~, the unregistered Rohingya at Kntupalong 'makeshift camp D,OW outnumber the total registered refugee population supported by the UNHeR in, Ban glade sh .. The Bangladesh government has repeatedly stopped registration of those' unfortunate refugees living outside th~ ofticildcamps.With~~t· official rCCQgl1ition these· people are forced, to live 'in, overcrowded squalor, , unprotected and largely unassisted. Prevented from supporting 'themselves, they also do not qualify' for the' UNI~ICR~supported food, relief And sadly, the UNHC'R, which is, mandated 'to protect refugees worldwide, makes little Of' no visible protest at the injustice of this: situation, [9]

According to the :MSF, the, UNHCR is guilty of 'not taking the return of the Rohingyas as a priority issue, The Office of the UNHCR must 'take greater 'steps to protect the 'unregistered Rohingya seeking asylum, in,

Ban" alad de sh Th ae 'UNH' .'. '.:' ... ' .. C'- R·· m "us" t D·O···t a 110' "W,,- the +~I" of

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its agreement with the govemment to undermine its role as internations! protector of 'the Rohingyas who have lestthe protection of their own state"""' Myanmar, and' 'have no state to turn to, Any failure to protect the Rohingyas inside 'and, outside Myanmar is simply 'not acceptable,

'We are told. that as, a poor COUD+n1,' Bangladesh faces a

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dilemma about the ,Rohingya refugees .. If sh,C shows. too

'much flexibilif)r II hu,gc' influx 'may occur~ while 'being

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repa la,lon 0, ',e re,' gee~,s !agaIDs, . ",ell WISi. 'elS 1.9,

simp-y inhuman and 'violates, inte,rnational

'h~ani,tarian laws, t 'must be immediately stopped, faillng 'which ,its international Image ,may suffer

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ternb :y~, It must •. ',' 'so stop all harassment against the

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,R.O .','.' . gyas, 'temporary resi ency permits should be

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provided to t ,c rer _.,gees so that they can, earn their

livelihood, like an'y other Bangladeshi. There is nothing 'worse than, a forced poverty 'which leads ·to crime and other 'serious preble ..... '" "'S",""'h"Jo' nild th 'e'" 'rA~"'liO~

choose' to . leave B~gl8d~shr;' a 'aurd' cou;;°tl;

government should not hinder that process either, It must also make all diplomatic efforts to find shelters for 'these stranded refugees in sparsely populated RD"" " d'

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proaperous countries of Eurone and 'North America,

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and the Gul .. ,' f sta .... t 'Pili.;!.

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situation with, no future in Bangladesh, These

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a snake: neither the xenophobic SP.DC· regime wants them, back in Myanmar, nor does the Bangladesh government want them °to stay b ". rQilC·· ,'iili'U"S' go th ." Ay·'·:', ar' ."'Ql;

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largely perceived as a 'burden on already 'scant resour rces .,[10·~·.]

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Outside China, 'Done of' the neighboring countries of 'Burma, has 'ratified the 1951 Convention Releting to the Status of Refugees, its '967 Protocol, the l'~l54 Convention Relatinz to the Status of Stateless Persons

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and the 19,61 Convention on the Reduction, of Statelessness, This must change by ratifying those conventions,

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, .' ",,~ . "h'" .. ~' " "1 '0'''; . ded th '"" . 'I' .' compre . ensrve som aons are neene .. n to t· e situation of

the stateless Rohingya, The international community must sup .. ·,p· •.. ort 'the Government 0···.·· f Bong' rla de' ".I!C!!'h· and

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UNDeR to adopt measures to guarantee the

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the United 'Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNH'CR); .aecording to a press release from, Saudi

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Priorities for Assistance to Burmese Rohingya in Ba~~,glade$'h~"1 _ which mentions that to, promote a

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Ol~· •. IC" drstnct-wide approac •.•. to both registered

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onmgya re n igees nvmg msx e I ae two official

refugee camps, Kutupalong and, Nayapara, and

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unregistered Rohingya and local Bangladeshi host

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,p~ anon .. 1VIDg outsic e t ie camps will be prioritized

above other project proposals submitted, in 'response to this Funding. "" Op . portunity .:" Announcem .. ',,, e:n·· t ..

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The proposals/or A'tlkllnese Roh'mgyu' refugee' ore: (l),~Propo's,ed activities in the' two official refugee camps, Kutupalong and Nayapara, should support the

following priority, sectors: ' , ,

a, Expand skills training to include, income generating activities, with an emj1hasis· on· thedeve' op~ent of

skills, and 'vocational training to achieve a measure of self-sufficiency and a reasonable livelihood;

b. Stren.gthen ongoing healthcare (including reproductive health)" education services, and psychosocial programming, particularly through 'integrating and, expending support to the disabled; '.

C~, Expand community mobilization pro gram 'm e s, especially in support of the existing community-based

counseling system 'for conflict resolution; .

~. Improve physical infrastructure ,in, the camps, 'including shelter and interior roads; and

e. Improve knowledge of' and enhance the capacity to identify and respond to GBv;arut buildtbeca~ity ~f service providers to incorporate GBV prevention' and response into their activities,

(2) Proposals that incorporate unregistered Rohingya living outside of 'the 'two official camps, Kutupalong and Nayapara, should. link the above priority sectors 'with, the foll ow ing activities:

8.. 'Expand !RCCCS8 to Justice by stteo,gthening. law ,and orde~ in the sUb-districts 'where the camp,s are located, spe"cmc1wly' t{J combat OH'V' ,and support S'urviVOfS,,; and,

b., Expand access to e.duc,ation for refugee children that wo',uld serve 'both Rohingy'a, ,an,d B,an,gladeshi .students, 'wh,ere .Ro,hingya make up 5'0 per cent: o'f th,e

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glve ·our c . ",en, enca~l,on"u, we, e ,,~I,,' ,

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thank Sandi ,~··"';';·a·'·b·'·l",Q' an d U'S" 'for helping us and

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arranging a programme to save our children. in the

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c~p of'Kutupalong,

M,ore military iDtellig,e~nce person,nel in B'or,d.er ter,rit,o,ri,es

By our Maungdaw Correspondent MII'lllJgdttw: ,Ap7il 9, 21J1lJ : The Burmese junta. has dispatched more military" intelligence personnel to ~rk~th NtH~kaalong thefronti~~ ttnTitories of Burma-Bangladesh border The D'CW batches were started toc~1ne the area ~ April 5, ~~~toa close 'N as aka aide 'from Maungdaw,

Three intelligence personnel have been posted in the

N,",>c;il'I""~~ cam "p' along th "e.' 'B:~lI'l1~:!!:I .... Ban gl" ..... desh border,

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the aide' said. "Earlier, we .had one' military intelligence personnel in one: Nasaka camp, but, now there are three - one sergeant, one sub corporal and :8 private,' said a Nasaka official from Maungdaw,

"The intelligence .men 'will. watch, the area. where t.hey are' stationed and. monitor people's activities with. an CY'C to the forthcoming election,' the officer added, "Earlier we had one military Intelligence personnel, now we have three for harassing, extortion, and torture," 'said an. elder from Taungbru. sub town ofMaungdaw;

"There will be mor-e face IDfts! between Nasaka and ,inte:lli gene c. 'men, as 'they 'will try' 'to amass easy' :money from, 'Us" ~I~ said. an illegal cross border 'business man,

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.Mya,om.ar' seeks military ,ai_ frum Indla

to fl, s:··, out re:be s

,Dhaka: ,April },2" 20111 ,~. Burme,se military, junta has reportedly sought military 'assistance ,from 'India to :start' ope.rstions against ,anti-lndi,8, .. insurge:nt ,groups ,taklrig shelter in its 'territory, on the sidelines of an ,mternational conference of BIMSTEC'~

'Re'bels, belonging to the Uuit;ed ~ational L'~befati,on Fr-om,. 'People"s 'Liberation A~y' OR the armed wing, of' the 'Revolutjonar:y ~eople;!s 'From, the warring factions D.f the NSCN 'have set uv 'their tactical bases :m MYanmar~

Althoug. India blaB agreed ·to offer military assistance; it: 'is reponedl,Y' displeased, 'with B,urmese' 'promises :made earlier t(]i take actio'-, against: the 'rebe'is and :bas, quietly stopped supplying arms to, the, junta,

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By ou ,Dip,lomB'tiC Cu,rnespoDde,D'1

A:rtJr.n: April 14, J'01f1 :' In I, surprising report last month to the UN' Human 'Rights Council, 'UN Special Rapporteur (liNSR) on human rights Tomas Quintana recommended an offl.cial "commissi~ of inquiry" into possible crimes against humani~ and 'war crimes in military ... ruled Burma (My,anm,ar)~,

Coming after a 5 ... day' 'mission to 'B'lIMlB, the report pulls no' punc :'b' . e . ~ I't-, 't"li otes "~ft"I,p, Q'W1't'" S'ntw~ .... :~ Iabo r" co mnected to the'

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country's four main, :' .. atura gas projects, including the transnatioaal Yadana gas pipeline to T,hailand and. the Shwe gas pipeline to China ..

:MYB',Dma'r blasts killed, IB,t least 24

souc'I_:e ters :

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killed " an'" id m'" . "o"""y W'O"'UD' ded .,' .' '.' '1+0' .... hree .D'V"p" '10' ". sions at a" Il lAW" .-

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year water festival in the former Myanmar capital of

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Yangon on unurscay, iosprta sources 881<'~; ne

010' vemm aent t.,....~. n ot blamed any' group or indicated the

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blame .. ·,.. . ~.·om · •. mgs on, anti-gcvemment jnssic ent

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groups an separate etnmc reo ..... '.: S, seesmg amonomy m

the court "try' . '.'- th 8,· .. 't·-, h ta Q'. been under militarv rule since

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at a pavili ;'-'0·', n a ilongsic e Kandawevi Lake, • ospna

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D'n;l'1~ali:\! said 2' '·4'· people h .. iad died "Some people were

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wounded but we are not in a position to give 'you,

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mvestiganons are S. m progress.tpor ce ,sal·~ , I"~ OS~

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'1-~1~e"~1~~ are run bv comeanies close: to, the authorities-

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In, 1990, 'N o'bel Peace Prize laureate' ,Aun,g' San, 'SUll,

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to take p- . ower' by': the milit~1"V which continu,es to

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has: been spec:itled~ 'The up.eo,min:g poll ,has, 'b·een. widely.,' derided ~n ,advance: as; a, ,sh'am to 'make, the

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country appear democratic, 'with the military r-etainlng

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curre'·o·'·' t],; 'y .... 1)'VIitler· ho' 'us'::e' arre's··,t. ~~s been in detention

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Burmese military junta continues to strengthen military capacity Acquiring both defensive and offensive capabilities

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RlDgDo:a, April 16, 2-11.10:, Since imposition. of sanctions on. supply of arms by' western countries led by

United States, Burmese military junta continues to, sitrengthen its military capacity' from other sources,

Chin· iina has b .~t:il~ ,;'t· S'" traditi ional sup': .- .... plier "-' of m· .. rilitary rv hard ,['l:J1Ig~ 'fro> ·m·· " 'W· '" rh ··o"·m-"·· B·"· -n'l"'"t"ng .a.cq." ..... uired several b 1']1·'1'~O:·.rft

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do Oars! 'worth ofsmall arms, fighter planes, naval vessels, 'tanks; .APC:s and artillery,

However military analysts claim due to poor' quality of the Chinese hardware and maintenance problem, Burma has to' look to. other 5 ources to upgrade conventional weapons. It, has also burning ambitions to acquire modem missile technology; Burmese leaders 'have increasingly been looking 'for a 'SO\1Ice of medium range missiles sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles and 'radar system.

In, N ovembcr, .2008 Chie,!' lor Anny Staff Gen. Thura Shwe Mann 'tho he reeime's N:'"' 0'.'"·· 3··· m· .. ·· gn

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made a secret Visit to; North Korea leading a high powered, delegation, n has 'been learned that Burm a has already purchased, short, and medium range Scud-D missile 'with a range of 700 kilometers and Seud-E missiles 'with a ranse of

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1.500 kilometers from North

Korea, . t has, also acquired. S iort range 107mm,and,240mm,mn1t..i~ rocket launchers-a multi-purpose missile defense system used in

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'be deployed, within, an infantry' division,

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Scud-F w'ith a 'range of 3000 kilimeters, 'To suppress ethnic insurgents, the regime does notneed such sophisticated

'weapons" but Burma's strong ~terest in missile, radar; ,AWA'C lair defense systems, GPS communication jammer

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an searcn raear indicates thatjunta ear en envision '"O"~·, aerensrve '3:-.-. oU.enS1V·C capam rues.

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system, The junta continues to strengthen military capacity and, spends country's precious foreign. reserves on, more and 'more sophisticated weapons.

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extend recognition to any' mote asylum-seekers.

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reiterated that Bang adesh is ready to work with, the United Nations on giving access and protection to :2:8,000 Rohingya refugees in. the two official camps,

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International ,right groups have, alleged that Db-aka is cracking' down on 'the group, arresting" and repatriating

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