Aung San Suu Kyi is the last hope

By May Ng
September 29, 2007

"Since the day the monks went to Aung San Suu Kyi's residence and prayed the government began attacking and brutalizing the monks.

"In defiance of the international pleas, Myanmar military has done unspeakable deeds.

"Never in recorded history, including the period under British colonialism and Japanese fascism were the Burmese monasteries ransacked or the monks massacred in this manner. This is no doubt a religious sacrilege of immense proportion.

"The US Campaign for Burma, led by former political prisoner Ko Aung Din, has tirelessly worked hard in the US to raise awareness about Burma's democracy movement for many years.

"Finally, the latest tragedy in Burma has drawn the attention of major US grass root organizations such as moveon.com which is making a commitment to work with avaaz.org to mobilize the United Nations Security Council to help the monks and the Burmese people.

"But for the people in Burma, who are being targeted by the military, time is running out.

"It is a tragedy easily prevented if the UNSC is willing to use the authority entrusted by the people. But they have failed in January and there is very little hope that they will try to succeed now.

"A Singaporean worker said that he was shot at even though he was not at the protest site and luckily escaped. He said that he could not imagine what those brutes were doing to the protesters if they did it to him. The world also witnessed firsthand a veteran photo journalist Kenji Nagai being killed in a cold blooded manner. Mr. Nagai was a seasoned journalist who had been to many dangerous places in the world but it seems that the level of risk in Burma had broken all records.

"With their final savage act the military has lost any remaining trust of the people.

"No one can help Burma now from descent except, Aung San Suu Kyi, Min Ko Naing and the various ethnic and religious leaders.

"The United Nations has done precious little except to give the junta free publicity during previous UN visits ..."
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