“I hope the Myanmar military will learn lessons from the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in Korea. Myanmar military should immediately stop inhumane killings.”
On February 1, after the Myanmar military coup, the resistance of the Myanmarians entered into the second month, and Woosuk University’s East Asia Peace Research Institute (Director Seung Seo, the institute below) issued a protest statement to the Myanmar military on the 3rd.
The institute said, “The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in Korea is not a case of 41 years ago, but a history that is still going on.” “(1980) 11,852 airborne troops who participated in the massacre during the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement are still punished. I am afraid.”
He said, “Soldiers who are committing inhumane killings in Myanmar will be punished by failing to betray their humanity and conscience,” he said. “The excuse for having to obey the instructions of the upper part at the very end of the state violence agency will not work.” Put it.
“The Myanmar military needs to regain humanity even now”
The institute said, “It is a crime that the Myanmar military, whose mission is to protect the national defense and protect the people, aiming and killing unarmed citizens is a crime that will never be forgiven.” He mentioned a one-year-old baby struck by a bullet, and a 13-year-old girl struck by a bullet that flew into the house.
Earlier, the Myanmar Human Rights Organization Political Prisoners Support Association (AAPP) said on the 1st that “about 540 civilians were killed by the military, including shootings.” It is known that the Myanmar military even fired rocket-propelled grenades at Myanmarians crying for freedom and democracy.
The institute then mentioned the remarks of Myanmar’s Supreme Commander Aung Hlaing on March 27,’Myanmar Soldier’s Day’. At the time, Supreme Commander Aung Hlaing said in a live speech on Armed Forces Day, that “the military is trying to join hands with the whole people to protect democracy” and that “the government is also trying to protect the people and restore peace as a whole.” did.
Regarding this, the institute said, “We must abandon the vain expectation that Supreme Commander Aung Hlaing will cover the inhumane crimes of Myanmar soldiers.” “The only way to lighten the sins of the (Myanmar military) is to return to the soldier’s natural attitude to protect the people,” he said.
Meanwhile, civic groups in Gwangju, including the May 18 Memorial Foundation, formed the’Myanmar Gwangju Solidarity’ with local Myanmar people, and are supporting the Myanmar people’s democratization movement. They also held a memorial service on March 27, which Myanmar people called’Day of Resistance’ and’Day of Anti-military Dictatorship’, holding the spirits of Myanmar people who died after resisting the military coup in Myanmar.