Thursday, August 2, 2012

Appeal to Mr. Quintana by Arakan Burmese

Category: Letter Published on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:35 Written by Won Thar Nu Hits: 173
Welcome to Mr Quintana's visit to Rakhaing State and Urge to issue a real report
 
We All Rakhaing do warmly welcome Mr. Quintana's visit to Rakhaing State (Arakan) in Western Part of Burma. At the same time we wish that the real report on what had happened in the Rakhaing State(Arakan) in the last few weeks should be presented to the international Community.
The situation in the Rakhaing state (Arakan) in Western Myanmar remains tense since 8-June's fierce attacks. Hundreds of Buddhist villagers' homes were set ablaze and villagers were killed by the so-called Rohingya attackers. These people are illegal immigrants from overpopulated Bangladesh.
Sir, Let me explain to you why I use the term illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.When the nation of Bangladesh was established in 1971, it's population was only 65 million but now in 2012 it reached 170 million. Because of this population explosion, there is no longer enough space in their motherland and Bengali Muslims from Bangladesh are immigrating illegally into two of her neighbours, namely India and Burma, by crossing the porus border either secretly or due to the corruption of border authorities. The recent communal riots with blood bath in the Indian State of Assam is another evidence.
In the border town Maungdaw in Burma the so-called 'Rohingyas' are the majority.They requested the authorities to make a Friday praying at the mosque and they guaranteed that they neither would make any demonstration nor any march. Hence, their request was permitted. However, when they came out from the mosques they started attacking Buddhist Rakhaings (Arakanese), set fire on the houses, Buddhists temples, monasteries and killed innocent people, including children, women, old and weak people. Some women were sexually abused before they got killed. It was reported by several media and several eye witnesses who testified to what happened.
These Bengali illegal immigrants (the so-called Rohingyas) had firearms and some modern weapons carried from the otherside of the border. Many Arakanese (Rakhaings) were shot dead by Bengali illegal immigrants (the so-called Rohingyas) and also by Rohingya militias who were trained inside Bangladesh by the Islamists. This was admitted even by the foreign minister of Bangladesh Ms.Dipu Moni. The precise death toll is unknown, but is rising daily. We Arakanese
(Rakhaings) have issued urgent appeals for international intervention to prevent “genocide” and ethnic cleansing in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Yathedaung Townships even Sittway, capital of Rakhaing State ( Arakan) because many
Rakhaing (Arakanese ) had faced the similar destiny in 1942 to 1962 and had to leave their villages. In this way, Rakhaings (Arakanese) unfortunately became a minority in their native soil, Arakan or the Rakhaing Land.
We therefore strongly urge the international community to protect our people from illegal Bengali immigration and also to find out the root of the cause why the natives, that means Arakanese or Rakhaings has to become minorities in their own land!
Several reports about the communal riots in the Rakhaing State (Arakan) hit the headlines of international news channels, many of which claimed and still claims that Rohingya Muslims were attacked by the Buddhist villagers. This, however, is not true. In fact, most reports on Rohingya riot are fabricated, well-planned and deceptive. Rohingya advocates have successfully bribed some foreign-based media groups of Myanmar and let them produce fabricated and horror stories about how Rohingyas were and are oppressed by the government of Myanmar. In order to attain sympathy for the Rohingyas, they even use social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to spread false information using faked photos such as:
1. Tibetan monks helping Chinese earth quake victims was labeled as Burmese Buddhist monks killing the “poor Rohingyas”
2. The photo of Thai police arresting the Muslim rioters in Kra peninsula was reported as Burmese armed forces killing the “poor Rohingyas”
3. The photo of Indonesian police watching the illegal “Boat People” was faked as Burmese armed forces killing the “poor Rohingyas”
4. The photo of a Tibetan burning himself as a protest against the Chinese rule was given as a 'Rohingya' was burned alive and all Burmese are watching.However, these liars totally forgot that there was a Tibetan flag wrapped around
that man's body and the face of a Tibetan is totally different from that of a Bengali (a so-called Rohingya).
5. In reality the native Rakhaing (Arakanese) are losing their homeland step by step because of these well-planned activities of the illegal immigrants.
We all Rakhaing (Arakanese) would therefore like to request Mr. Thomas Quintana to give a true story and correct report to United Nations and the whole world. We also request you to show a sympathy to our helpless Rakhaing people.
Furthermore, we like to urge that more assistance and support should be provided to every victim regardless of race and religion. Many Arakanese had a feeling that they are neglected and discriminated by UN and other NGOs.
At the same time we all Rakhaing (Arakanese) would like to send our warm message of graditude to the Burmese government, UN, and Care Myanmar who are planning to rebuild the houses that were destroyed by so-called Rohingyas in Maungdaw Township in Arakan State.
Our short requests are as follows:
1. To study the cause from the root, why the Rakhaing (Arakanese) had to become the minority in their native towns Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Yathedaung in Northern Arakan or the Rakhaing Land.
2. Although there are many kinds of foreigners living in Arakan or Rakhaing State, why the only racial riots broke out between the native Rakhaings (Arakanese) and the illegal settlers, Bengali Muslims who named themseves 'Rohingyas'?
As a parallel case, I would like to request you to study the recent racial riots in the Indian state of Assam! There too, this is happening because of illegal immigration from overpopulated Bangladesh.
3. To urge international communities to help helpless Rakhaings (Arakanese) and try to solve this biggest issue as soon as possible because we do not want to face any similar problem in our own land in the future.
Best regards,

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Myo Thein
Director
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