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Arakan Government Media Release



Statement by National Government of Arakan

"All should bear in mind that these
'COMPASSION-STUDENTS' are so determined that they are
willing to give their life for the cause." (Oct.
1,99-2.00 PM)


National Government of Arakan (NGA) in exile fully
shares our hearts with the
compassion-student-activists, who took over the
Burmese embassy in Bangkok, for their frustration and
disappointment. And our government firmly claims that
all of these consequences are taken into account over
the regime for its repression and human rights
violations for many years. 

These compassion-activists have been calling the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) for more than a
decade to enter meaningful dialogue with Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi.  But the regime ignored the calls. Instead,
the regime increases its pressure over the National
League for Democracy (NLD), which won 82 percent of
parliamentary seats in the 1990 election. Recently,
the SPDC blocked the party headquarter when its
members were trying to hold an annual meeting. In
addition, the junta put lengthy sentences over Goldwyn
and James Mawdsley  after the two activists tried to
encourage Burmese people for democracy, and that grew
anger among the activists all over the world. 

As champion of peaceful negotiator, Thai authority
should solve this problem peacefully, no force and no
lethal action should be used, whereas the Thai
government handled a peaceful hijack by the two
compassion-students a decade ago. It was an
internationally recognizable solution, it will work on
this situation too.

 However, Thailand should know that this is no a
terrorist attacked the embassy. This is a group of
educated Burmese compassion-students who try to draw
the world attention over the Burma's human rights
abuses. So negotiating and submitting students'
demands are the best way to halt the bloodshed from
both sides, in aiming of the embassy's staffs'
freedom, by personally involving with Thailand's Prime
Minister. Use of the force will not answer for the
both side, and it is essential that there is no need
to be taken any human life, and no hero is needed as
well in this sensitive and frangible standoff. 

Again, the National Government of Arakan (NGA) deeply
concerns the students' life and their well being
inside the embassy compound as equally as we concern
the hostages.

In conclusion, the SPDC should off their hands on this
standoff and let the Thai government solve it alone.
Otherwise, the stable situation is going be worsened.
All should bear in mind that these
"COMPASSION-STUDENTS' are so determined that they are
willing to give their life for the cause.     

Khin Moe Lin (Secretary of States) 
National Government of Arakan 


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