Dr. Sasa's Speech on the 2nd Anniversary of the United States Chin Coalition-USCC

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""They can kill my body, but not my belief." These famous words from our dear hero and brother, the late Salai Tin Maung Oo, continue to resonate with me. Indeed, the battle belongs to the LORD, and the victory belongs to the brave people of Myanmar. Justice belongs to the light of love, hope, peace, and freedom. Dear leaders of the United States Chin Coalition (USCC), I extend my deepest gratitude for having me here today. It is a great honor to be with you once again, and I thank USCC for its significant contributions to the fight for freedom and federal democracy in Myanmar. Every day, the remarkable people of Myanmar draw closer to the dawn of freedom and federal democracy, which will liberate them from the oppressions and aggressions of the genocidal military junta and their acts of terrorism. Our people have suffered for far too long under this brutal reign of terror. It has been more than two years since the formation of the United States Chin Coalition, and these two years have been challenging, especially in the pursuit of Federal Democracy. The coalition has faced numerous obstacles and difficulties along the way, but its members have remained resilient and committed to their cause. Despite the hurdles encountered, the coalition has made significant progress in advocating for the principles of democracy and working towards a federal system of governance. The journey has been arduous, but the coalition remains determined to continue their efforts in the fight for a democratic future. The Myanmar Spring Revolution began 27 months ago with the revolutionaries of Chin TUMI. Through the help of God and the sacrifices of our people, the revolution that started from nothing has now developed into the creation of DRONES to defend our freedom and establish federal democracy—an extraordinary future that awaits us all. TUMI is an integral part of the Chin identity, historically protecting the Chin people from attacks by wild animals that could endanger their lives. However, when our fundamental freedom of expression came under attack by the genocidal military junta as consequences of their attempted coup on February 1, 2021, our courageous people once again resorted to using TUMI to defend our Fatherland and the lives of the Chin people known for their bravery and loyalty since the first world war. This is not the first time our people have defended freedom. Even during the First World War in 1914, over 1,000 men from Chinland marched from our Motherland all the way to Europe to fight for freedom alongside their partners in the struggle. Similarly, in the Second World War, our forefathers did everything in their power to contribute to the freedom of the world, fighting alongside their fellow freedom fighters. Our forefathers were called for the mission of Burma’s independent, once again they gave everything they had for the independence of Burma. The independence of Burma became possible through the cooperation and joint fight of our forefathers with our ethnic brothers and sisters under the leadership of our freedom fighter, General Aung San, the father of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been unjustly arrested along with nearly 24,000 innocent people of Myanmar, including our President U Win Myint, by the genocidal military junta. If the Burma’s Independent agreement known as the Palong agreement, signed by our forefathers together with ethnic leaders and General Aung San, had been fully implemented, Chin State would have thrived under the federal democratic values and principles of self-determination. However, due to the genocidal military dictatorships in Myanmar, a nation once considered one of the richest in Asia has become one of the poorest in the world. In the past, Burma was far ahead of Singapore in several dimensions, but now Myanmar has deteriorated even below the level of North Korea. If the genocidal military generals had been stopped long ago, Myanmar could have thrived like other Federal Democratic Nations such as Germany, UK, USA, or Australia and played its rightful place on the global stage to make this world a better place for all. This last Revolution of Myanmar aims to end the genocidal military dictatorship once and for all and establish a federal democratic union where Chin State will play its part in nation-building, becoming a fully-fledged federal democratic society. This is Myanmar's final revolution, destined to write a new chapter in our nation's history, not only for this generation but also for generations to come. Myanmar will regain its rightful place not only in our beautiful Asia but also in the world. Therefore, the genocidal military junta, the enemies of the people of Myanmar, and the enemies of Myanmar's freedom and federal democracy, have been relentlessly bombing us, killing over 4,000 civilians and destroying more than 67,000 houses, including schools, hospitals, churches, and monasteries. They have displaced nearly 2 million civilians, rendering them homeless, and caused more than 18 million people to suffer from hunger and starvation, in desperate need of life-saving aid. These atrocities have occurred in the past 27 months alone, perpetrated by the genocidal military junta, who commit these acts of terrorism because they despise the light of freedom and federal democracy. Their worship of darkness, tyranny, and oppression has no place in Myanmar's near future. Despite these crimes against humanity committed by the genocidal military junta, the brave people of Myanmar have made it clear that they will never give up or rest until they bring the light of justice, freedom, and federal democracy to dispel the darkness of cruel genocidal attacks against our people. The genocidal military's darkness will be replaced by the light of federal democracy, their violence will be replaced by the light of peace, and the pain and suffering caused by their tyranny will be replaced by the joy of freedom and prosperity that awaits our courageous people. The genocidal military junta cannot perceive the great light that awaits the brave people of Myanmar because they are blinded by their evil reign of terror against our people. They not only kill our people and destroy our homes, churches, schools, and hospitals, but they also weaponize life-saving aid, starvation, hunger, and pain through their evil "four cut policies." They have not only bombed, burned, and destroyed our homes, villages, and towns, such as Thatlang in Chin State, which has been wiped out, but they have also blocked humanitarian aid from reaching Chin State after the devastating Cyclone Mocha hit our state a few months ago. They want our people to surrender to their reign of terror, but they fail to understand the spirit of Salai Tin Maung Oo, which now resides in the hearts of all Chin people and beyond. I would also like to take this opportunity to express our sincerest appreciation for all the advocacy work that you have done, especially regarding the Burma Acts NDAA of the USA. It is crucial that we continue to do everything that we can for the full implementation of the Burma Acts NDAA, ensuring that all its objectives, aimed at helping Myanmar remove the genocidal military junta once and for all and establishing federal democratic governance at the national, state, and local levels, are realized. It is imperative that the implementation strategies of the Burma Acts NDAA are well-coordinated and cooperated with ASEAN's five points on Myanmar and the historic UN Security Council Resolutions on Myanmar. Together, we will do everything we can to enlist the support of the international community in ending the pain and suffering of humanity in Myanmar. This can be achieved through decisive, targeted, coordinated, and stricter sanctions against the genocidal military junta, such as an international arms embargo and the sanctioning of jet fuels and the military junta's financial banks and channels like MOGE. At the same time, it is crucial that the international community promptly recognizes the will of the people of Myanmar without further delay by officially recognizing the National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG) as the legitimate and true democratic representative of the people of Myanmar. It is time to cease supporting the terrorist military junta known as SAC and start supporting the NUG and all pro-democracy movements. In order to prevent another genocide and hold the genocidal military junta and their partners accountable for their war crimes and crimes against humanity, it is imperative that the NUG rightfully represents Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the Rohingya genocide case. Allowing the genocidal military junta, the perpetrators, to represent Myanmar at any international level is illegal, illegitimate, wrong, misleading, and an insult to the people of Myanmar, who are also victims of the junta's war crimes and crimes against humanity. Through international mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) and international law, we must strive to hold the genocidal military junta and their partners in crimes accountable for all the crimes that they have openly and freely committed against the people of Myanmar. We will not rest until justice is delivered to our people. Justice is the future of Myanmar, freedom is the future of Myanmar, and Myanmar's future lies in the hands of 54 million brave people of Myanmar. Countries that have been supporting the crimes against the people of Myanmar must halt their support to the genocidal military junta and instead support the bright future of Myanmar, where stability and prosperity await not only Myanmar but also the region and the world. Myanmar is a new fertile land for the world economy, and its potential will be realized once the genocidal military junta is removed. We are not far from that day of freedom and federal democracy, the day of joy of peace and prosperity. Once again, we call upon the international community to invest in the pro-democracy movement, which will end the genocidal military junta's reign of terror to establish federal democracy and bring about peace and prosperity. Furthermore, we urge all freedom fighters, both inside and outside Myanmar, to maintain unity at the highest level and focus on our common goals rather than our differences. I take this opportunity to salute all the fallen freedom fighters; their sacrifices are about to bring the light, the stars of freedom and federal democratic Chinland, within the true federal democratic Union of the new Myanmar, for ALL the people of Myanmar, regardless of race, religion, culture, gender, language, background, and ethnicity. Thank you! May God bless you! May God bless Myanmar!..."

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Ministry of International Cooperation Myanmar

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2023-07-02

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2023-07-02

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