The Irrawaddy Magazine |
- Analysis: Using the Term ‘Rohingya’
- USDP Rally Criticizes Govt, Warns of Losses in Rakhine
- Women March in Karen State, Demanding End to Armed Conflict
- Myanmar, Britain Cease Officer Training Over Rakhine Operations
- Flood Fears in Sagaing
- Myanmar Says Security Forces Told to Avoid Collateral Damage in Rakhine
- Sittwe Police Arrest 8 and Use Tear Gas to Disperse Mob Blocking Aid Shipment
| Analysis: Using the Term ‘Rohingya’ Posted: 21 Sep 2017 09:07 AM PDT The term 'Rohingya' has become one of the most controversial words in Myanmar politics today. More than one million Muslim people living in Rakhine State in western Myanmar identify as Rohingya—although in recent weeks an estimated 421,000 have fled to Bangladesh. But the government of Myanmar labels them Bengalis, with the implication that they have immigrated from neighboring Bangladesh, despite the Muslim community's long history in the region. The government doesn't recognize them as one of the country's 135 official ethnic minorities—a list determined by the military government in the 1990s—and restricts their access to basic rights including freedom of movement, healthcare, and education, as most do not have Myanmar citizenship. The Muslims in Rakhine have insisted that they should be called Rohingya, and have refused to take part in the government's national verification process for citizenship as long as they are categorized as Bengalis. As follows is a range of conflicting local and international comments on the self-identifying Rohingya people.  Wai Wai Nu, founder of the Women Peace Network—Arakan and a self-identifying Rohingya activist said at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway in July 2017: "Rohingya are a one-million-strong ethnic and religious minority in Burma. […] The Rohingya are an indigenous population with our own language, traditions, and culture in Burma. But we are different from the rest of the population. We are Burmese but we are part of the Muslim population in the country, which is less than five percent. […] From the 1980s, [the military regime] started to degrade the status of the Rohingyas, by enacting a discriminatory citizenship law, and by introducing many discriminatory practices and policies. In 2014, they took away our permanent citizenship, which is ours by birth. The last election, we were finally disenfranchised and lost our political rights."  Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing in his address to the nation at the 72nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw in March 2017: "It has already been announced that there is no race termed Rohingya in Myanmar. The Bengalis in Rakhine State are not Myanmar nationals but immigrants. It will be seen that the victims coming out of the terrorist attacks committed by some Bengalis which took place in October 2016 resulted in political interferences. Things that should be done under the existing laws must be carried out responsibly. The armed forces will be responsible for defending against all measures of insurgencies based on the religions and races. Only if we can establish domestic everlasting peace, will our nation develop."  Genocide Watch president Gregory Stanton in pre-recorded talks for the Myanmar Muslims Genocide Awareness Convention 2016: "The Rohingya are victims of a classification system in Myanmar that literally classifies them out of citizenship." In 1996, he created a model for the US State Department identifying eight—and later, ten—stages of genocide, the first of which is "classification" of "us versus them" along ethnic, national, racial or religious lines. "If you stop using the name that the people have chosen, you are trying to classify them out of the system," Stanton added, referring to the widespread use of the term "Bengali."  Nai Hong Sar, UNFC chairman and New Mon State Party (NMSP) vice chairman in a conversation with The Irrawaddy last week: "We do not recognize the term 'Rohingya.' We do not acknowledge the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army as its operations appeared to be violent."  Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi asked about her avoidance of the term 'Rohingya' in an interview with Asian News International (ANI) on September 20: "Yes, because there have been a lot of controversies with regard to the term used to describe the Muslims of the Rakhine. There are those who want to call them as Rohingyas or who want to refer the Muslims there as Rohingyas. And the Rakhines will not use any term except Bengalis, meaning to say that they are not ethnic Rakhines. "And I think that instead of using emotive terms, this term has become emotive, and highly charged. It's better to call them as Muslims which is a description that nobody can deny. We are talking about the Muslim community in the Rakhine State and other terms may be applied to that community but I do not see any point in using terms that simply inflame passions further."  Former US President Barack Obama in 2015 speaking to young Asians invited to the White House: "I think one of the most important things is to put an end to discrimination against people because of what they look like or what their faith is. And the Rohingya have been discriminated against. And that's part of the reason they're fleeing."  U Tin Oo, former Myanmar Army commander-in-chief (1974-76), who was a young army officer in northern Rakhine in the 1950s. He led a campaign to drive out people allegedly coming from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and fought Mujahideen separatists; however, it has also been alleged by identifying Rohingya that under his command, Myanmar Army troops destroyed dozens of their villages in the region. He is a founder and patron of the National League for Democracy (NLD): "Long before the 1956 election, we'd never heard the word Rohingya. Four Muslim lawmakers from Maungdaw and Buthidaung contested the election under the belt of the then ruling Anti-Fascists and People Freedom League (AFPFL). The then Prime Minister U Nu granted the Muslims in the area citizenship as Rohingya as requested. He allowed the publishing of Arabic newspapers and 15 minutes of Urdu Service on the then Burma Broadcasting Service and there were strong reactions and [people] were angry and upset."  Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at a joint press conference with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 2016: "Like all people everywhere, they need and deserve a future, hope and dignity. This is not just a question of the Rohingya community's right to self-identity."  Ko Ko Gyi, a student leader from the 1988 democracy uprising, during a press conference in the wake of conflict in Rakhine in 2012: "Rohingya is not one of the ethnic groups of Myanmar at all. We see that the riot happening currently in Buthidaung and Maungdaw of Arakan [Rakhine] State is because of the illegal immigrants from Bangladesh called 'Rohingya' and mischievous provocation of some members of the international community. "Therefore, such interfering efforts by some powerful nations on this [Rohingya] issue, without fully understanding the ethnic groups and other situations of Burma, will be viewed as offending the sovereignty of our nation. Genetically, culturally and linguistically Rohingya is not absolutely related to any ethnicity in Myanmar. In terms of citizenship, I would state separately. As we share the borders with other countries, we have some Chinese and Indian descendants. They have been living in our country for generations and citizenship has been granted to them. We do not discriminate based on any race for granting the citizenship even if he is a Bengali. They should be protected in the same way as citizens of Myanmar. But, if we were forcefully pressured to accept Rohingya as one of the ethnic groups [of Myanmar], we wouldn't tolerate that.  Mya Aye, a Muslim student leader from the 1988 democracy uprising, during a press conference in the wake of conflict in Rakhine in 2012: "Even before I got out of prison, the Rohingya issue had become a hot issue. It has become not only a hot issue in the international political community, but also a crowd-pleasing issue that can generate funds. Most of the Rohingya belong to the Islamic faith. Well, almost all of them. In order to become one of the ethnic groups, I think they tried to bond with Myanmar Muslims and have been pushing this issue to become a religious issue. That's what Ko Ko Gyi implied by 'provocation from abroad.'"  The Dalai Lama in September 2017: "They should remember, Buddha, in such circumstances, Buddha [would have] definitely helped those poor Muslims. So, still I feel that [it's] so very sad. So sad."  Former President U Thein Sein in an interview with Voice of America in 2014: "There are no Rohingya among the races [in Myanmar]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule]. We have to provide effective education and they will determine what is right and wrong. When we made field trips there, we saw that the birthrate is very high and the population is rapidly growing."  The Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's lack of condemnation concerning violence against the Rohingya, as was written on Sept. 7: "Your emergence into public life allayed our concerns about violence being perpetrated against members of the Rohingya. But what some have called 'ethnic cleansing' and others 'a slow genocide' has persisted—and recently accelerated. "It is incongruous for a symbol of righteousness to lead such a country. If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in Myanmar is your silence, the price is surely too steep."  U Win Tin, a founding member of the NLD and former editor who spent 20 years in jail, told the Bangkok Post in 2012 that conflict in Rakhine State was: "created by foreigners, by Bengalis." "My position is that we must not violate the human rights of these people, the Rohingya, or whatever they are. Once they are inside our land maybe we have to contain them in one place, like a camp, but we must value their human rights." He added that the people of Myanmar "cannot regard them as citizens, because they are not our citizens at all, everyone knows here that." He said the problem was that "they want to claim the land, they want to claim themselves as a race, they want to claim to be natives and this is not right."  Min Ko Naing, a prominent Generation 88 leader who spent almost 20 years in prison, told a press briefing last week Rakhine State's problems were not racial or religious but had to do with immigration laws and terrorism. "They [self-identifying Rohingya] are not one of the 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar," he said.  Lower House Lawmaker U Ba Shein of Arakan National Party (ANP) "Rohingya is a fabricated name. The Bangladeshi government knows those people are from their country. If they call those people Bengalis, it is somewhat admitting that they are from their country. That's why the Bangladeshi government uses the term 'Rohingya.' Muslim countries and international media play the issue to make Rohingya become an ethnicity of Myanmar. It's not only the issue of Rakhine people but also sovereignty." 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| USDP Rally Criticizes Govt, Warns of Losses in Rakhine Posted: 21 Sep 2017 08:45 AM PDT NAYPYITAW — A former Myanmar Army general and ex-minister from a previous administration said at a rally in Naypyitaw on Thursday that the government needs to exercise caution, warning that current conflict in Rakhine State could lead to a "territorial loss" for Myanmar. During a rally staged by the former ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and centered on perceived national security threats in Rakhine, former defense minister Lt-Gen Wai Lwin and former foreign minister U Wunna Maung Lwin alleged that the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) aimed to establish an Islamic state in the area. Both of the speakers are senior officials from the USDP, which is made up largely of former military officials. "Haven't you seen that they kill Hindus? It is not a problem between the Buddhists and Muslims anymore," U Wunna Maung Lwin told the audience at the 1,000-strong rally in the capital. He said that the previous government had risked their lives "not to lose an inch of land" and that they could not accept either ARSA's presence in the region or calls to halt the military's clearance operations in northern Rakhine State. "Can't we protect our nation? Are we not supposed to protect our ethnic people?" he asked. The USDP's current chairman is U Than Htay, and before him, it was former President U Thein Sein. The party suffered a marked loss to the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar's 2015 general election. Currently, the military-backed USDP comprises the country's main political opposition. The USDP protested the current government's formation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission in 2016, headed by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan. It rejected the commission's recommendations outlined in a final report, which was publicly launched on Aug. 24. One day later, the ARSA launched attacks on 30 police outposts, and Myanmar military "clearance operations" followed. Since then, more than 400,000 self-identifying Rohingya Muslims have been displaced to Bangladesh, and some 30,000 Arakanese Buddhists and Hindus are displaced internally. The USDP has complained about the NLD government's failure to call a meeting of the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC)—an executive body in which the military commands a 6-5 majority, and whose power is outlined in the 2008 Constitution. It can formulate policy regarding certain military and security issues, including the right to petition the President—U Htin Kyaw—to declare a nationwide state of emergency. USDP members speculated at the rally that the NLD government may fear international pressure concerning issues in Rakhine State, and argued that the administration has failed to protect the military's operations there. Ex-foreign affairs minister U Wunna Maung Lwin said that issues surrounding the citizenship of more than one million stateless Muslims could affect the country's sovereignty and should be decided only under the existing 1982 Citizenship Law, which defines citizenship along ethnic lines; the Rakhine Commission recommended amending the law. If Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's administration instead chooses to listen to the advice of the UN Security Council, her government's affection for the country and its people could be called into question, he suggested. Former Minister of Defense Lt-Gen Wai Lwin said in his speech that the NLD government needed to work closely with other political parties and the military by drawing up a strategy to protect Myanmar's national security, instead of "prioritizing human rights." He said that under the previous government, there were heated discussions in the NDSC on a range of issues, and that strategies were drawn out of the meeting and thus its members were able to "protect the country's sovereignty" and "overcome international pressure." "But now who is accepting the government's decision? Who is behind it? Who is leading? From whom is the government taking advice and making decisions? Our public has no idea. Who is determining the country's fate? It should be in the hands of the public," Lt-Gen Wai Lwin said. He argued that if the government follows the Kofi Annan-led commission's recommendations to amend the 1982 Citizenship Law, Myanmar would "disappear." "I felt heartily sorry that the [final] report of Kofi Annan is the will for Myanmar as determined by the UN and OIC [Organization of Islamic Cooperation]," the former defense minister added. The government formed a 15-member committee led by the Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on Sept. 12 to implement the recommendations of the advisory commission, and it also formed a government investigation commission led by military-appoitned Vice President U Myint Swe. The committee members said they would set priorities for implementing the recommendations and draw up an action plan within two weeks. The post USDP Rally Criticizes Govt, Warns of Losses in Rakhine appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
| Women March in Karen State, Demanding End to Armed Conflict Posted: 21 Sep 2017 07:28 AM PDT Commemorating the International Day of Peace on Thursday, women called for an end to all military offensives in Myanmar. Over 400 advocates gathered at the Women's Peace Forum marched peacefully in the Karen State capital of Hpa-an on Thursday afternoon, under the theme "Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All." Peace advocates and local people from Mandalay, to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, to Kyaukme in Shan State, to Dawei in Tanintharyi Region, also observed the day. Mu Angela, policy board member of the Women's League of Burma (WLB) said that the participants urged the government and Tatmadaw to end war in the country and to have more women participate in the peace process.  WLB "strongly condemned the armed conflicts that are blocking the achievement of peace and national reconciliation," as well as "the inter-communal violence, human rights violations, and to those who try to instigate to cause more conflicts," read its statement on Thursday. "We urged the government and the army to take effective action against those committing [such things]," Mu Angela told The Irrawaddy. In its statement, WLB also said, "the continuous armed conflicts in Kachin and [northern] Shan States are obstacles in moving forward in the current fragile peace process," highlighting the violation of civilians' rights and widespread displacement. Due to renewed armed conflicts between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar Army since June 2011, more than 100,000 Kachin State residents have been internally displaced, and are in need of the humanitarian assistance. Despite efforts being dedicated to ending conflict and bringing about national reconciliation and peace, WLB said there are still clashes and inter-communal violence in some regions, referring to the northern and western parts of Myanmar. Regarding the current crisis in northern Rakhine State, the women's alliance called for the "better protection and safety of the civilians, especially women and children" in responding to violence in the region. With regard to the presence of more women's voices in the peace building process, participants from different sectors urged women to speak out, offering their support. Yup Seng Ing, the director of Jade Land Myanmar company said, women "must always think of how we can contribute, and think of creating a space for ourselves and for others." Explaining how she got involved in the peace talks in recent years, the Kachin businesswoman urged fellow women "not to hesitate to offer our support," and said, "we must be more active."  Mai Chin Chin, from the Nationalities Brotherhood Federation and an ethnic Chin facilitator in the peace talks, told The Irrawaddy, "we have to make ourselves ready to be able to take on the roles of either making decisions or supporting with technical assistance in the upcoming peace working committees, as women's issues are there to be discussed." "We will move on to achieve peace, even though the current state is in stalemate," she said, regarding Myanmar's peace process. As women represent more than half of the total population in the country, it is important to have women participate in the country's affairs in the development and peace building sector, said Mu Angela. "In order to take part in the peace process, women not only need to be welcomed openly, we also must be keen to take part," she said. Nang Lwin Hnin Pwint contributed to this report from Myitkyina, Kachin State. The post Women March in Karen State, Demanding End to Armed Conflict appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
| Myanmar, Britain Cease Officer Training Over Rakhine Operations Posted: 21 Sep 2017 07:16 AM PDT YANGON — The Myanmar Army said on Wednesday they will never again send officers to Britain for training after the the British government announced it was suspending its training program with Myanmar's military in light of government security operations in Rakhine State dogged by allegations of human rights abuses against self-identifying Rohingya, A British government spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday they will suspend the educational course on democracy, leadership and English language—which cost around £305,000 (US$ 411,000) last year—provided to the Myanmar's military until there is an acceptable resolution to the current situation. "We call on the Burmese Armed Forces to take immediate steps to stop the violence in Rakhine and ensure the protection of all civilians, to allow full access for humanitarian aid," a British government spokesperson said in the statement, according to Reuters. At least 420,000 Muslims have fled into neighboring Bangladesh to escape what the UN's human rights chief has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing," bringing with them accounts of extrajudicial killings and destruction of property. Médecins Sans Frontières in Bangladesh said on Wednesday it had treated 9,290 patients—including 147 with gunshot wounds—since the Aug. 25 Muslim militant attacks on police stations triggered the army crackdown. Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio told the UN on Wednesday, however, that the military have been instructed to take "full measures" to avoid collateral damage and harming innocent civilians. A statement released by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) True News Information Team on Wednesday said five Myanmar military trainees currently attending training in Britain under the program to promote relations and cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries were forced to return to Myanmar at the request of Britain. The five were staying at Myanmar Army offices in London on Wednesday, the statement said. "We will bring them back to Myanmar as quickly as possible and we will not send trainees to Britain anymore, including those under previous agreements," the statement read. The UK was the first Western nation to re-establish military-to military ties under the previous quasi-civilian government in the form of a training program for Myanmar officers in support of Myanmar's democratic transition, despite opposition from human rights groups' citing alleged military human rights abuses in ethnic regions. Britain and other Western nations imposed sanctions on Myanmar's previous military junta and avoided military-to-military contact. Most sanctions were dropped after President Thein Sein took office in 2011 and rolled out sweeping economic and political reforms. Then opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi strongly supported cautious military-to-military engagement in a meeting with Britain's former Chief of Defense Staff Gen Sir David Richards in June 2013 during his visit to Myanmar. A training program was launched six months later in January 2014. The Myanmar Army has been undergoing reforms since 2011 to to become a professional or "standard" army, according to its chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. He has embarked on overseas study tours and attended a European Union Military Committee (EUMC) meeting in Brussels in 2016. Ko Ye, the executive director of Yangon-based Tagaung Institute of Political Studies, told The Irrawaddy that the suspension could have an impact on military-to-military relations between Myanmar and Britain. "The trainings by the UK were coordinated by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She personally attended training-related ceremonies held in Naypyiyaw as well. So the suspension may affect long term relations between the two militaries," he said. "Plus, the suspension, especially sending back the officers, may affect the credibility and legitimacy of the Myanmar Military that has an interest to reform," he said. Last week, the US dropped plans to expand training for the Tatmadaw in areas like maritime security and combating human trafficking. The post Myanmar, Britain Cease Officer Training Over Rakhine Operations appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
| Posted: 21 Sep 2017 03:53 AM PDT MANDALAY – Recent flooding in Kalay, Sagaing Region, which has affected more than 7,000 people, has locals fearing a repeat of the devastation of 2015. About 12 villages located near Kalaymyo have been flooded since Tuesday afternoon, when surrounding rivers swelled due to heavy rain. Although the water levels receded slightly on Thursday, locals worry after recent years have brought extreme flood damage. "Today, the water went down slowly as the weather was clear and without rain, however, we are still worried and remain alert," said Kalaymyo resident Daw Mar Mar Thi. Schools and monasteries remain open in Insein, Nat Nan, Hto Mar, Pyin Thar, and Taung Oo, where some 7,000 locals are taking refuge. "There are people who stayed behind to protect their homes," said Daw Thant Wai Kyaw, a lawmaker in Sagaing Region. Three bridges in the region were destroyed from the rising water and strong currents. "A landslide on the bank of the Hse Gyi stream destroyed an adjacent road that leads to a bridge. The bridge will be out of use for some time," explained Daw Thant Wai Kyaw. Two other bridges on the Nat Chaung and Aung Myin Thar creeks were swept away, and locals now face transportation difficulties. According to government officials, aid for the flood victims was distributed and arrangements for alternative transportation are being implemented. The lawmaker added that the situation was improving but that locals remain cautious. According to statistics from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, the water level of the local Myittha River is one foot above the danger level and it is predicted that it could remain there for two days. The post Flood Fears in Sagaing appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
| Myanmar Says Security Forces Told to Avoid Collateral Damage in Rakhine Posted: 20 Sep 2017 10:33 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar's vice president told the United Nations on Wednesday that security forces in his country's Rakhine State, from which hundreds of thousands of people have recently fled, have been instructed to take "full measures" to avoid collateral damage and harming innocent civilians. Violence in Rakhine State erupted on Aug. 25, when Rohingya militants launched deadly attacks on government outposts, provoking a fierce crackdown by the Myanmar military that has been greeted with widespread international condemnation, including at the annual UN General Assembly this week. Addressing the assembly, Vice President Henry Van Thio said it was not only Rohingya Muslims who had fled, but members of other minority groups too. He said human rights violations would be dealt with "in accordance with strict norms of justice." At least 420,000 Rohingya Muslims have since fled into neighboring Bangladesh to escape what a senior United Nations official has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing." On Wednesday, US Vice President Mike Pence accused the Myanmar military of responding to militant attacks "with terrible savagery, burning villages, driving the Rohingya from their homes." Pence called the crisis a threat to the world and said US President Donald Trump wanted the UN Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to the violence. Van Thio said his government was "deeply concerned about the present situation in Rakhine" and said: "The security forces have been instructed to adhere strictly to the Code of Conduct in carrying out security operations, to exercise all due restraint, and to take full measures to avoid collateral damage and the harming of innocent civilians." He said the government's "deepest sympathy goes to the families of all innocent civilians and members of the police and security forces who have lost their lives." Van Thio said the government was concerned by reports that Muslims were continuing to cross into Bangladesh even though there had been no armed clashes since Sept. 5 and added: "We would need to find out the reason for this exodus." Van Thio said the government recognized the need to ensure humanitarian assistance was provided "to all those in need without discrimination." He said a committee had been established under the social welfare minister to implement recommendations of an advisory commission chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the government would establish an advisory board comprised of "eminent persons" from Myanmar and abroad. Myanmar was also working hard to enhance relations with Bangladesh and would welcome a visit by its home minister to discuss cooperation on border security, Van Thio said. The post Myanmar Says Security Forces Told to Avoid Collateral Damage in Rakhine appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
| Sittwe Police Arrest 8 and Use Tear Gas to Disperse Mob Blocking Aid Shipment Posted: 20 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT YANGON — Riot police in Rakhine State capital Sittwe arrested eight men and fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters on Wednesday night as they dispersed a mob preventing an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aid shipment from traveling to conflict-torn Maungdaw. Nearly 300 people gathered and threw petrol bombs at a boat laden with ICRC aid at Set Yoe Kya jetty about 8 p.m. and 200 police men and a firetruck were deployed to maintain order, according to a government Information Committee statement released late Wednesday night. After members of the crowd fired slingshots at the security forces—causing some minor injuries—police fired rubber bullets and tear gas. The Myanmar Army's regional commander and his soldiers arrived at the jetty at 11 p.m. A total of eight people were arrested and an investigation has been opened, according to the statement. Sittwe resident Kyaw Thant Lwin told The Irrawaddy on Thursday that the clashes had frightened residents and that a lot of unconfirmed reports about the violence had been shared online, but that the situation was calm on Thursday morning. According to the statement, laborers loading the ship on Wednesday afternoon told two men that the boat was carrying ICRC aid after they enquired. At about 5 p.m., 50 men arrived at the jetty and demanded the boat captain not to leave. After the incident was reported, the district police chief and community Buddhist monk leaders tried to mediate and diffuse the situation but the boat was delayed from leaving and the mob continued to swell. The 50-ton aid shipment was organized by ICRC's local supervisor U Naing Lin Wai and included 774 solar panels, 64,071 items of clothing, 1,240 tarpaulins, 1,331 blankets, 1,331 water buckets, 3,000 mosquito nets, feminine hygiene products and kitchenware. The post Sittwe Police Arrest 8 and Use Tear Gas to Disperse Mob Blocking Aid Shipment appeared first on The Irrawaddy. |
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