Does UN involve itself in committing massacre in Burma?

MAY 26, 2008
MyintmoMedia

While the people in Burma are facing danger of life, Bankimoon and Junta held donor conference in Sedona hotel yesterday. The electricity was cut off in whole Yankin Township. With intention to show Bankimoon, 50 new tents were built in Latputta and 18 in Mawlamyinegyun where Bankimoon likely to visit and Bankimoon interviewed the fake victims organized by authourities. On the same day Bankimoon arrived, 10 aid workers who are actively involved in relief activities were arrested.

In preparation for Bankimoon’s visit, the starving people who were begging on the road were sent back by force to original places, Laputa and Bokalay from MaAubin rescue camp being provided only two bottles of water. The affected areas of cyclone are full of corpses and drinking water is not available. In Mawlamyinegyun area, among total 100 villages, 40 villages disappear in cyclone and only 15 to 20 people survive. Some villagers were brought to nearby towns by their relatives. But the authorities threatened the host not to accept them saying that the people who accept villagers will be imprisoned. The military forces threatened the villagers with killing them if they remain in town and brought back to original places by force, providing only eight milk-cans of rice, two bottles of water and 5000 kyats.

In Hyinegyi and Pyinkayine islands, many thousands of people are being helpless, homeless, and also are starving and suffering from diarrhea and some infectious diseases. Bankimoon visited only the places well arranged by junta and did not go the places where the transportation is difficult, and the helpless and starving children are dying daily. In Pyinkayine and Zeegone village tract, there are about 10135 survivors being homeless and living on rocky hills. There are many places like that. The rescue team cannot access these places and the people have to rely on rain water for drinking as water is contaminated with corpses.

After Bankimoon discussed with Senior General Than Shwe, starting from 25th May, the authorities waited at the Hlainthayar Bridge and confiscated the private volunteers’ cars on the way back from Irrawady division which are used to send the goods for rescue. The authorities threatened the owners of cars with charging them with degrading government’s dignity by doing charity. Until now, 20 cars were already confiscated. On 26th May, no more private volunteers’ cars for donation were allowed to go to Irrawaddy division.

The actors and volunteers actively doing for rescue sent 8 copies of video discs officially to UNDP office in order to let Bankimoon knows real situation of victims of cyclone in Burma. But UNDP office destroyed them and gave the reason that they missed those discs. “We are not sure whether Bankimoon knows this event or not.” an actor said.

After the conference, Bankimoon informed French rescue ships to unload at Bangkok, Puket and he said he took responsibility for Than Shwe who promised him to let in all international aid workers.

The junta who has promised Bankimoon to accept international support sets fire Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on 26th May, with intention to delay in issuing visa and the whole upstairs was destroyed including passport section of office. They said it was due to wire-accident. But there has never happened this kind of event in Myanmar embassy. They set intentionally to make delay visa process.

Every UN’s intervention make in favor of junta within 20 years and it was obvious in reviewing the conduct of UN representatives. It is not the time to compromise. While the people are facing in threat of lives, junta makes the action delay with the visit of Bankimoon. The people are still suffering and starving after 20 days of cyclone. Neglecting millions of Burmese victims, Bankimoon makes the rescue ships return according to the murder, junta’s wish. Regarding the conduct of UN, people inside Burma criticize UN for committing massacre in collaboration with junta.