Let's start with the title, shall we? "Government has always been opening the door for peace talks Not only people, even its party members do not believe in NLD any longer and resign as membership of their own volition". Ahh...New Light of Myanmar, how succint you are.
Dr. Zaw Than from Sankei Shimbun starts with an easy question:
I would like to know the Government’s attitude as regards peace talks with KNU. Will the peace talks with KNU continue?This is too easy for the Brigadier-General - getting right to the point:
The Government’s attitude has not been changed. The Government always keeps open the door for peace talks. Today we clarify matters to convince them of their misdeeds to remedy them. The Government has always kept open the door for peace talks.Maybe U Ko Ko from Yumiuri Shimbun can be more hard-hitting:
My second question concerns with NLD. Two or three days ago I have learnt that NLD issued an announcement saying that the resignations from membership, closing of offices and putting down signboards are not lawful. I would like to know the Government’s view on that matter?Isn't it funny that the foreign journos from Japan has a Burmese names? The Brig-Gen gives us a bit more to chew on:
Nowadays, NLD members are resigning from membership in various States and Divisions. The Government or any organisation does not put pressure on them to resign from membership. As I had explained in previous press conferences, NLD since its coming into existence has never served any interest of the nation and the people. It has been to wrongful acts of confrontation, defiance of authority, utter devastation, causing imposition of various sanctions against Myanmar, etc. Due to its wrongful policies and principles, the state and the people got harmed a lot. With the passage of time, the people themselves have come to realize the truth. A party or an organization cannot conceal its nature and essence for a long time. Time will reveal its nature and essence. For instance, KNU has been in existance for about 60 years. During that period, its nature and essence have come to light. If one studies the KNU’s nature one will come to know it.Who? Who could possible be putting pressure on them? But wait, it gets much, much, better.
Similarly,Tatmadaw (Armed Forces) has come into existence during the independence struggle. It has now been about 60 years. You can look back past incidents to know the nature and essence of Tatmadaw. The Tatmadaw has never committed massacres and licensed-to-rape atrocities. It is the fact. NLD has been in existence for some years. One can easily see its true image. It has incessantly been committing its wrongful acts. Thus the people do not support or believe in NLD. The majority of the people do not accept NLD. Not only the people, even its party members do not believe in it any longer and resign from membership of their own volition. No one has put pressure on them. They are resigning from membership one after another. Who put pressure on them? If it is to put pressure on one person or at one place, it might be possible. Now, the party members are resigning from membership nation-wide. They are resigning of their own volition.
I am Myanmar Literary and Journalists Organization CEC member Myinmu Maung Naing Moe. My question is: nowadays a western power and antigovernment organizations are trying to get UN Security Council to take action against Myanmar, I have learnt. I would like to know the Government’s attitude and stand on this matter. How the Government will respond to that issue?How will the government respond, indeed?
.....The Government does not accept it and rejects it categorically. Because I have two reasons. The first reason is: According to UN Charter chapter-7 article- 39, the Security Council can study and review whether a nation is threatening the international peace and security or not as well as whether a nation’s situation has become a threat to international peace & security or not. By misusing the article 39, the super power and opposition groups are accusing that Myanmar’s situation has posed a threat to international peace & security. [blah blah...] The second reason is that their accusations are fabricated ones, not true, totally unreasonable.Nope, no threat at all. What's wrong with a little AIDS epidemic here or there? Drugs? Heroin? Pshaw. Bird Flu? Millions of displaced people? Nuclear technology? Civil unrest? Genocide? Please, you all know you love it - what's all this talk of potential regional destabilization?
Another accusation is that nowadays as Tatmadaw launches operations, thousands of Kayin nationals have to flee their homes as refugees and they have become homeless. The Tatmadaw is licensed to rape, they accused. Villages are set on fire and there is ethnic cleansing by the Tatmadaw, they accused. Thus, UN Security Council should take action against Myanmar, they urged. We have clarified these matters again and again. With gentlement’s agreement (with KNU), we have been trying to attain peace. [Just like the peace in Iraq!]Fabricated photos! Fake settings! Photographing deceitfully! I'm glad he's given me a list here, now I'll know exactly which fabricated photos have been fakely set deceitfully.
Then there are accusations that thousands have become homeless and houses were set on fire due to Tatmadaw’s operations. They are also accusing that, there is ethnic cleansing, etc. These are not committed by Tatmadaw but by KNU. U Tha Htoo Kyaw has also clarified the events, incidents and nature of KNU in Myaing-gyi-ngu region. If you look back at the KNU's history you can see that KNU has all along been committing such atrocities. The Tatmadaw has never committed such atrocities. [Never!]
The Tatmadaw is well-organized and well-disciplined. The accusations against the Tatmadaw of ethnic cleansing, setting fire of villages, etc are untrue. They are just fabricated accusations....[Here comes the good bit] At present, expatriate Aung Din is collaborating with AAAS (American Association of Advanced Science) to take fabricated photos via satellite. They will take fake photos of fire devastated sites and villages. But no one can know who set the houses and villages on fire. They said their satellite could take photos of man but it is difficult to differentiate that person is Tatmadawman or KNU member. So, it is clear.
Their plan is to set villages on fire and take photos of it via satellite. Fake settings of villages and houses on fire, villagers being tied with ropes and tortured, ethnic cleansing will be photographed deceitfully. And they will accuse Tatmadaw of committing atrocities. So, it can be seen that their accusations are untrue and unreasonable.
The important thing I would like to point out is that if the big nations, anti-government NGOs and persons really love our country and our people and wish our border areas to be peaceful, tranquil and developed, they do not need to get UN Security Council to take action against Myanmar. It is easy.[......] In this way, the border areas will become peacefull soon and consequently will achieve developments. This is not a fantasy. We have experience. Around 1988-90, BCP (Burma Communist Party) had strongholds in north-eastern parts of Myanmar and launched major battles. However, a neighbouring country with genuine goodwill was sticking to the firm concept and attitude of not interfering in another country’s internal affairs. So, we could crush BCP easily. As a consequence, many armed insurgent groups which were under the influence of BCP returned to legal fold.Might he be referring to the tranquility and rule of law in in this border area?
Thus, peace and tranquillity as well as the rule of law prevail in those border areas and they are developing remarkably.[.....] Therefore, if some big nations and NGOs truly love our nation and our national peoples and wish us to achieve development, they should refrain themselves from interfering in our internal affairs, making instigation and manipulations, providing cash and kind assistance to anti-government groups and letting the socalled refugee camps to be in existence. In this way, the areas will surely become peaceful and developed soon. And no preaching as regards ethnic cleansing, forced labour, etc will be needed. Thank you.
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