Letters to the Editor — September, 2011
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Letters to the Editor — September, 2011


By THE IRRAWADDY Monday, September 19, 2011


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Zaw Aung Zeya


Aung San was No Hero

Regarding the article, “Young Dissidents Remember Aung San” [February 12, 2009; URL: http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15100]:

Who says Aung San is the hero of Burma, with his 33 men who were trained in Japan to fight the war? Rubbish! All Burmese people took part in fighting the Japanese. Ne Win followed Aung San’s path. Aung San is the main villain of Burma.

Tun Win


Karen Discarded

Regarding the article, “The Karen Old Soldiers that Britain Forgot” [February 12, 2009; URL: http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15101]:

The Karen were only faithful to their British masters in the past. Now they know that their masters only use them and leave them like dirty clothes. If they were faithful to Burma, they would not see this day in life. Long live Burma.

tun win


Keep Strong, Kyaw Thu!

Regarding the article, “Who is Kyaw Thu?” [February 10, 2009;
URL: http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15088]:

Kyaw Thu: you can still play an important role. Keep strong!

Thang Lian


War with Bangladesh?

Regarding the article, “Troop Movements Reported Along Bangladesh-Burma Border” [February 11, 2009; http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15096]:

It seems from the movement of troops a sudden encounter is imminent. It may become an all-out war with Bangladesh with US support. China’s role in this event is important. In the event of war what will China’s position be? That has to be seen with caution. If China does not support Burma then Burma may have to pay the price heavily.

Taponbaby


Wa-mongering

Regarding the article, “Tension Mounts between Wa and Burmese Army” [February 10, 2009; URL: http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15085]:

If this is true, good! I support the UWSA standing with other ethnics.

Bala


The Irrawaddy Should Be Aware of Burmese Interests

Regarding the article, “Troop Movements Reported Along Bangladesh-Burma Border” [February 11, 2009; http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15096]:
Give the oil exploration to Bangladesh, then shift all the Bengali (so-called Rohingya) to Bagan [Pagan]. It will make Burma proud. Journalism is not for bashing and being one-sided. Sometimes as journalists you should be aware of national interests rather than attacking the military junta. If you experience how our Buddhism is treated in Bangladesh, then we should discuss that. How does democratic Thailand treat you in Thailand?

Raza


Thursday, February 12, 2009

Arakan Land

Regarding the article, “Unwanted: Dead or Alive” [February 10, 2009;
URL: http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=15082]:

Ask the Arakans about the Rohingya and they will tell you. Of course, the Rohingya are certainly not native to Burma, as far as I know, and it is certain also. This problem should be dealt with accordingly and of course, fairly also, as the Rohingya are “unwanted,” even by Bangladesh where they originate from in the first place.

I don't know of U Nu recognizing the Rohingya as an ethnic minority of Burma, much less a Rohingya serving in governing the country under the helm of U Nu. If he did, he would be dead then, in the hands of the Arakans, who had inhabited the land since before the Burmese established the first Burmese empire at Pagan in 1044, long before William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy in France) sat on the throne of England after disposing of King Harold in 1066.

We can't let the Rohingya claim themselves as an ethnic group of Burma, as it is not true. And the fact that they are claiming Arakan as their land makes it worse for them to even stay in the country, where they have been living, illegally of course, for some decades, as far as I know. It is the sympathy and compassion shown to them—letting them stay on the land—by the Arakans in the first place, that their population has blown to the size that it is today.



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