Over 2,000 Myanmars in protest over junta's atrocity
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- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:50:10 +0800
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2007/09/29
Over 2,000 Myanmars in protest over junta's atrocity
By : Jennifer Gomez and Audrey Dermawan
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Demonstrators who gathered yesterday to protest against the military junta?s
crackdown in Myanmar marching peacefully from the Myanmar embassy off Jalan
Ampang in Kuala Lumpur before proceeding to the Chinese and Russian embassies.
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 Myanmars demonstrated peacefully at three foreign
embassies here yesterday against the crackdown by the ruling military junta on
pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar.
It was co-ordinated by the All Burma Democratic Force Malaysia (ABDF) with the
participation of some 20 smaller Myanmar pro-democracy organisations.
The demonstrations at the Myanmar, Chinese and Russian embassies here were held
under the watchful eyes of the police.
The demonstrators, made up of Myanmar workers, refugees, activists and students,
first went to the Myanmar embassy off Jalan Ampang where a memorandum was handed
over to an embassy official. They also chanted messages for peace.
The memorandum condemned the crackdown against the peaceful demonstrators in
Yangon and sought the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The demonstrators then went to the Chinese embassy where a similar memorandum
was handed to a guard at the main gate. They also shouted slogans of ?China,
China out of Burma".
At the Russian embassy, its second secretary for public relations Drobyshevskiy
Sergey and consul Vladimir Tkachov were on hand to receive the memorandum.
According to ABDF general-secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, both China and Russia were
supporting the military government in Myanmar.
?We don't recognise Myanmar and we want the oppression against the Burmese
people by the military to stop.
?China and Russia should support our urgent call for democracy,? he said.
ABDF vice-chairman Mohammad Sadek said they were worried about the safety of
their families in Yangon following the crackdown.
?Our calls are not getting through, so we don't know if our families there are
safe,? he said.
The demonstrators, many of whom were in red, carried posters with messages like
?Free Burma", ?Stop Killing the Monks", ?Free Aung San Suu Kyi? and ?End
Military Junta in Burma now".
The demonstration, which began about 9am, ended peacefully about two-and-a-half
hours later.
Meanwhile, in George Town, the Malaysian Buddhist Association yesterday also
condemned the latest crackdown by the ruling military junta in Myanmar.
MBA president Reverend Jit Heng said they were appalled by the action of the
leaders in the Myanmar government, who used guns and bullets in a violent
crackdown against Buddhist monks and the people in that country.
?Buddhism and its teachings promote love and the spirit of care for all living
creatures.
?It is definitely wrong that the leaders used ammunition against the people,
especially the monks,? he said.
He also urged Buddhists in the country to join in the protest against the
brutality in Myanmar.
He was speaking at a function at the Penang MBA Hall where some 70
representatives from various Buddhist temples and organisations in the state
held a silent protest and prayed for the monks who were killed in the anti-junta
demonstrations in Myanmar.
State executive councillor and Gerakan vice-president Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan,
who was also present, called on Buddhists in the country to urge the Myanmar
government to exercise wisdom in order to resolve the crisis in their country.
There were also posters and banners which, among others, read ?No to brutal
actions against monks? and ?Peace movement monks should not be ill-treated".
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