I know how much money Singapore has in Myanmar, but ASEAN countries must do something about Myanmar’s rulers. Foreign ministers have been meeting to discuss how to help Myanmar ever since Cyclone Nargis hit the country, and it seems to me Myanmar's military rulers don’t want any help from anyone.
Not only that, they are now jailing people who want to help. Zaw Thet Htwe, a popular sports writer, has been arrested after helping deliver aid to victims of the cyclone in Myanmar. He had organized five trips to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and his arrest came one week after the arrest of Myanmar's most famous comedian, Zaganar, who had also helped delivered aid to cyclone victims.
So not only has the ruling junta hamper international relief efforts (turning away U.S relief ships), they are now turning their eye to their own countrymen! Considering that Cyclone Nargis has left more than 130,000 dead or missing, people need all the help they can get. But instead of helping the people, the ruling junta seems to be more interested in ‘stopping’ aid.
ASEAN has been ‘jaw-jaw’ with Myanmar's rulers for a long time already, with little to nothing to show for it. I suggest ASEAN take some drastic actions now. Kick Myanmar out of ASEAN or support sanctions against the junta.
Nothing else seems to work, so let’s hit the pockets of Myanmar's rulers. Maybe we can then finally get some help to the people of Myanmar
2 comments:
Asean will be useless even if they do something against Myanmar. Myanmar generals don't care about anything and they would be laughing their ass off if they heard something like this. But ASEAN countries only care about Money and i am more than 100% sure that they would say this word again "non-interference"..
sad but true
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