On the 7th, a Burmese citizen posted on his social media a photo of a minority family fleeing from the military 74 years ago and a photo of a minority minority child who fled to a cave from a recent military air raid, saying, “I apologize for the ignorance of the past.” Raised. The text and photos are rapidly spreading on Myanmar’s social media. SNS capture
“If we had listened to the persecuted ethnic minorities, we would have prevented the coup. We deeply apologize for the wrongdoings of the past.”
Mainstream Burmese, which make up about 70% of Myanmar’s population, are giving heartfelt apologies to ethnic minorities. They understood the pain of facing the military for over 70 years for independence only after experiencing the brutality of the military after the coup on February 1st. Minorities also took the hand of the Burmese. They are preparing for the day to form a federal army and drive out the military.
According to officials and foreign media from a local university in Myanmar on the 7th, Burmese apologies toward minorities are being expressed in social networking services (SNS) and throughout the protests. After the’Army Day Massacre’ on the 27th of last month, the movement for reconciliation of ethnic conflicts that started in the border areas where minority ethnic groups such as Karen resided is spreading across the country. In fact, Yangon Medical University and Mandalay Institute of Technology student councils recently issued a statement and apologized, saying, “I belatedly regret having watched the Rohingya situation. I am sorry for not knowing it earlier.” Some students marched at the protests in Yangon with placards with the phrase “I apologize to Rohingya”.
Burmese doctors, officials, and journalists are also taking part in the social media apology procession. Dr. Hlaing Yun, 32, who was charged with the anti-military remarks earlier this month, said, “While confirming the brutal behavior of the military committed in the city and in front of the media, how inhumane it is to the minorities in places where they cannot be seen. I was able to imagine that it would have been,” he repented. Journalist Joe (23, pseudonym) also said, “The coup slapped a dozing Burmese on the cheek,” and “We all regret the past because we were just busy living and ignored minority issues.” General Burmese citizens are also requesting belated reconciliation by sharing photos of minorities being persecuted and statistics reflecting on the incidents of ethnic minorities.
In a questionnaire that a Burmese citizen recently threw on his SNS,’Does this coup make us sympathize with the struggle faced by ethnic minorities?’ 4,856 out of 5,112 participants (95%) answered “yes”. SNS capture
Minorities responded with boned words, saying, “We will go out to overthrow the military.” On the previous day, a spokesman for Wave Manman of the 5th Brigade of the Karen Peoples Union (KNU), the eldest brother of minorities, said, “We revised the military constitution when the National Alliance for Democracy (NLD) (headed by State Advisor Aung San Suu Kyi) came to power in 2015. “I expected it to bring about, but there was no result,” he said. “Now, I must have realized that it was wrong to think that even shame torture could change the military.” After mentioning that the’national unity government’ on the 1st announced the Federal Democratic Charter with the focus of national equality, KNU said, “If you are committed to implementing the Federal Charter (national conflict), there will be no need to worry anymore. “I said. KNU proposed the creation of a federal army centered on a minority rebel system to the unified government.
The military, impatient with the trend of national integration, has not stopped repression. On the 5th, the protest leader’s four-year-old daughter was also detained in a military facility because it was not enough to kill children in the process of suppressing the protests. It is known that about 10 bodies of protesters were secretly cremated after being killed by military police in the southern Shan State. On that day, the military and police mobilized heavy firearms in Sagaing Province in the central region and Kale Village in the northwest, bordering India, and killed at least 10 people on the spot. According to the Myanmar Political Offender Support Association, the number of citizens killed in the military and police massacre to date has reached 581.
On the 6th, a protester in Yangon, Myanmar, smears red paint on their fingers and then salutes three fingers, a symbol of resistance. Yangon = AP Yonhap News
Hanoi= Jaeho Jeong Correspondent [email protected]
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