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The latest news coming from Myanmar shows that the military government has freed at least 70 people who were detained after the peaceful march and protest in the capital. This includes 50 members of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party.
On Thursday, Suu Kyi was given an opportunity to meet with the newly appointed Myanmar government official for further negotiation, which was part of the United Nations brokered agreement to push reconciliation between the military junta and Suu Kyi. It would appear that the talks have been fruitful because on the same day, the 70 pro-democracy protesters were released from their imprisonment.
This is a big achievement for the democratic world because it does show to present and future military aggressors that peaceful negotiations are better if not superior to war mongering. It is also worth mentioning that international economic pressures on the Myanmar government played a significant role in probing the military leaders to put on their thinking cap. After all, no country can be an isolator in this present networked world that we live in. North Korea, with all its communistic gung-ho has similarly bowed to peaceful steps of reconciliation with South Korea.
Would Myanmar open their arms to people's power again? Will they put their trust in ballot boxes? That future scenario remains to be seen. Maybe a promise of a future Nobel Peace Prize to the generals would tempt the military leaders to drop their guns and replace them with voting slips. God bless Myanmar.
This is a front page ad by the militant government of Myanmar trying to create an illusion of normality. Foreign media, is banned from reporting in Burma, and anyone speaking to a reporter would face a stiff jail term if military intelligence officials discovered what they were doing.... The government is also trying to play down the scale of the protests and the ensuing crackdown, saying they were the result of a few "destructive elements" fomented with the help of outside broadcasters such as the BBC Burmese Service and Voice of America.
The military junta is acting like a dictator when even the open conversation of daily happenings in the capital of Myanmar [Burma] is considered a capital offense.
In many similar ways, many other governments are also practicing the same principles. They may not shoot innocent civilians but the harassment of the police and ruling political parties is enough to tell us that there is no true freedom in such situations.
We are not asking for open defiance of law enforcement or the disputes of righteous justice. What the citizens of the nations want is an openness for creative and constructive criticism because their lives within the communities are at stake.
Our Prime Minister has confessed that hot issues do exist and it is a sign of democratic maturity to be able to confront these issues constructively so that there is better understanding among all the different races and diverse religious groups in the country.
Do we want our country to be ruled like Myanmar?
Will the people in Myanmar be happier when ruled under fear and retribution?
How should the Malaysians, considering that Myanmar is one of our neighboring countries, assist Myanmar to be a more friendlier and civilized country?
Japan was up in fumes when they heard that one of their own people, a Japanese reporter, was gunned down in close range fire from the military police. Japan being one of the main financial supporters for Myanmar, has retaliated by proposing withdrawal of all financial support to Myanmar.
A reporter is often an innocent bystander in the midst of political turmoil. It had been said that bullets have no eyes, and how true it is. Kenji Nagai, the Japanese reporter, never asked for such a revolting treatment. It was just a normal assignment that any reporter would have taken to cover immediate news reporting for its home newspaper. Maybe, he should have carried a gun for self-protection but more often than not, it would have been misconstrued as hand-in-hand with the opposition parties.
What do you think? Would you take up journalism as a career? Do you like dangerous assignments if given a choice? Do you enjoy breaking top cover news for the masses through your feeds?
"...satellite images confirm reports of burned villages, forced relocations and other human rights abuses in Myanmar..." from American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In our modern advancement of science and society, we read of wholescale destruction of mankind and their dwellings by a government which is meant to protect and care for the people.
Someone once said that a governing body for a country should be elected by the people, comprised of the people and purposed to be for the people. But here we read of an oppressive regime which has no qualms of quashing humanity like you would squeeze juice out of an already dehydrated orange.
What should the international community react? We may not have guns and bombs to change the fate of a nation, but nonetheless, our voices raised in unison should show our disfavor and displeasure for the way the military junta has responded to a peaceful march.
Would you give your voice? Would you say or pen your opinion? As the proverb goes, "the pen is mightier than the sword." Can you make a comment which can be weighed for a better future and a more peaceful world?
Maybe, you can write to your paper about your disgust, and your words may prompt others to take positive action for the poor Myanmar people. Can you help?
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