BURMABÜRO

လြန္ခဲ့တဲ့ ၂၀၁၁ ခု ဧၿပီလအတြင္းက က်ေနာ္ ဘီဘီစီ အဂၤလိပ္ပိုင္းကို ပို႔ခဲ့တဲ့ ႐ိုဟင္ဂ်ာနဲ႔ပတ္သက္လို႔ ကန္႔ကြက္စာကို တင္ေပးလိုက္ပါတယ္။

To,

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Regards to your interview with Mr. Tun Khin, the Chairman of the so-called „Burma Rohingya Organisation, UK“ (BROUK) on the by-elections of Burma. We would like to explain to you some historical background information as well as raise the following points and questions:

1. We are wondering why BBC is more concerned with this so-called „Rohingyas“ rather than the genuine ethnic minorities of Burma?
2. Are there no other opposition groups in exile to discuss with regarding the Burmese by-elections?
3. Does BBC consider this group as representatives of the Burmese populace in UK?
4. Almost all people in Burma, including the majority Bamas and their clergy Buddhist monks as well as other genuine ethnic minorities of Burma such as Christians Kachins, Karen and Chins; Buddhists Shans, Mons, Karens, Arakanese (Rakhaings) had and have faced severe suppressions in their regions by the Burmese military regime. Despite of the above-mentioned facts, why is BBC ultra favouring this group more than the others?
5. All British Colonial Archives had proven that there was no such an ethnic group called 'Rohingya', neither in British Burma nor in British Indian Empire. These people were descendents of the Bengali agricultural labourers following Indian immigration waves to Burma during the British Colonial Era, which was encouraged by the British authorities with the hope that either the Burmese lose their separate racial identity under the flood of Indian immigrants (see: Maung Htin Aung, A History of Burma,Columbia University Press, 1967. p. 266) or the Burmese themselves might become a ‘doomed race’ in their own country (see: Stephen L. Keck, The Making of an Invisible Minority: Muslims in Colonial Burma, American University of Sharjah, p.3) Does BBC want to follow the policy of the British Colonial Masters? Why is BBC favouring them to be the genuine ethnic peoples of Burma?
6. The predecessors of 'Rohingyas' were the Islamist Mujahids who wanted to take a part of Burma and form an Islamic state since Burma was separated from the British Indian Empire and became a Crown Colony in 1937. Just before the declaration of Burmese independence, in 1947 they demanded the townships of Maungdaw, Butheetaung and Rathetaung to be incorporated into East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh. When the Pakistani leaders discouraged their demand they declared Jihad on the Union of Burma, created the term "Rohingya, and demanded the autonomous Islamic State of "Rohingya" with Sharia Law. In fact, 'Rohingya' has a meaning „the natives Arakan“ in Bengali language Chittagaung dialect (Rohan = Arakan and „Gya“ or „Ja“ means „native“). That's why the real Arakanese (Rakhaings) cannot accept that term. As mentioned earlier, there has never been such an ethnic group in Burmese and also in Indo-Pakistani history. Why is BBC always saying that this group is an ethnic group of Burma? What right does BBC have?
7. Wikileaks has revealed that there is a link between the Rohingyas and Islamist Militants. Under the cloak of NGOs the Islamic militant outfits are operating among the Rohingyas in Teknaf. Besides, the Rohingyas are also involved in human trafficking. (see details See details in http:// www.wikileaks.ch/ cable/2002/10/02 RANGOON1310.html) Why is a British government owned broadcasting corporation favour a group which has connection with Islamist Terrorists?
8. Some people may argue that these Chittagonian Bengalis can have a similar destiny to the Muslims in UK. After living for generations these Pakistani, Arabs and Indians had become British Citizens. Yes, however, these immigrants in Britain are not demanding their national territory. Nor they are demanding a separate ethnic identity, like Scotts, Irish and Wales. They are not calling for a national area for themselves even in the North Sea. They call themselves British. Similar to that case, Mr. Tun Khin and his group can have the identity of Chittagonian-Burmese or Bengali-Burmese or Burmese citizens of Bengali origin or more specifically, Burmese citizens of Chittagonian-Bengali origin. Nobody would protest against that term. To recognize "Rohingya" as a national indigenous people is a different issue. It will be an undue and undeserved right for them. Every sovereign state has their own immigration, citizenship and indigenous minorities rights which other nations should respect. Please note that Burma has regained their independence since 1948 which was robbed by Britain slowly by slowly from 1826 to 1886. Britain has no right to interfere in our country's affairs! Can United Kingdom command their former colony Malaysia to change their Bhummi Puttra Law?

In light of the above-mentioned explanations we hope that in the future BBC would not interfere in Burmese internal affairs by siding with aliens!

Sincerely yours

Nyunt Shwe
(a freelance Journalist and Myanmar refugee resided in Tokyo)

Cc:

1. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson, NLD, Yangon, Myanmar
2. U Tin Oo, Patron, NLD, Yangon, Myanmar
3. H.E. U Thein Sein, President of the Union of Myanmar, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
4. U Shwe Mann, Speaker, Pyithu Hluttaw, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
5. U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
6. U Aye Thar Aung, ALD, Yangon, Myanmar
7. Chairman, RNDP, Sittwe, Myanmar
8. Chairman, USDP, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
9. Chairman, NUP, Yangon, Myanmar
10. Chairpersons of all registered political parties in Myanmar
WikiLeaks
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WikiLeaks made available a note sent from Peace Corps Director to Peace Corps Country Directors to control volunteer speech that is negative about the agency, along with copy of mandatory agency policy.

WikiLeaks

www.wikileaks.ch

WikiLeaks made available a note sent from Peace Corps Director to Peace Corps Country Directors to control volunteer speech that is negative about the agency, along with copy of mandatory agency policy.

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