To,
His Royal Highness Prince Surkhanpha, Head of State, Federated Shan States and Ministers of Shan Government,
When it comes to the welfare of the people of Shan States, we, the National Revival Group of Burma (NRGB) are more than willing to support in a huge way the noble endeavor of it. The national survival and renaissance of the people of Shan States---Rejuvenation of Shan States-- should be our goal, which calls for unity, solidly and unequivocally based on one major compelling need---Liberation from maltreatment of hapless, innocent people of Shan States like animals by the Burmese Military Junta (BMJ), the goon squad.
The Shan States Independence is, for us, the NRGB, sort of a miracle brought on by the quintessential free will of the people of Shan States invoked upon by our venerable leaders.
We, the NRGB enthused over Shan States Independence, which we could have established successfully, by dint of our “Inherent Rights”. Under the present persistent, negative political weather plotted by the BMJ, the people of Shan States have their backs against the wall. The only way to work out for our survival---Liberation from the ruthless onslaught of the BMJ---is nothing but the secession from Union of Burma, dominated by the unscrupulous racist BMJ.
The arrests of prominent Shan leaders Hkun Htun Oo and others are tantamount to the flagrant rejection of our legitimate rights to decide our own future, as laid down in the Historical Panglong Agreement (1947) signed by General Aung San, the architect of Burmese Independence and founder of Burmese Army, which the BMJ have been manipulating to their will and pleasure wantonly, and the minority race leaders. The Panglong Agreement bestows the rights to secede from Union of Burma, on the minority racial groups, if they desire so.
We, the NRGB accept on principle that re-establishing Burma based on Federalism would be in the best interest of the people of Burma as a whole. But any attempt by minority racial leaders were constantly nipped in the bud by taking them into custody, or by intimidating them with armed suppression, or by corrupting them with the most sinister favor of all---drug-trafficking---to persuade them in fighting other anti-BMJ groups, or by playing them cunningly, one against another.
The BMJ, as well as its predecessors had totally ignored the Panglong Agreement. Without signing it by the minority race leaders, the political scenarios of Burma could be otherwise. Only with the co-operation of the minority racial groups, Burma could have attained its Independence from the British, without resort to arms. It is highly noteworthy here that Shan Saohpas and representatives of Shan States played the key role in uniting the people of Burma in their struggle for it.
On the contrary, the ungrateful Burmese military leaders from Ne Win down to Than Shwe, the megalomaniac tyrants had been unashamedly and viciously antagonistic against the people of Shan States. The Burmese soldiers raped our female folks of all ages; our innocent people were tortured and killed like animals; our villages were torched; our food supplies were ransacked; thousands of villagers were forced to work for Burmese army like beast of burden; many people were humiliated by being displaced en masse. Moreover, “Resettlement Areas” for ex-servicemen of Burmese army was set up throughout Shan States, to encourage them to mingle up with local people. The sole purpose of BMJ's subjugating the people of Shan States by using sex as a weapon, our logic goes, is to eradicate the ethnicity of indigenous people of Shan States, so that they become culturally more compatible to merge with Burmese---another concrete reason to go secession, otherwise, our identity will be lost forever.
To hold Tripartite Dialogue, the BMJ should have at heart genuine volition for the welfare of the people of Burma , entirely regardless of race and their shortcomings, which the BMJ lack.
The Declaration and Affirmation of Shan States Independence dealt a fatal blow to the BMJ and it also serves as a wake-up call for other states to emulate it. If other states follow suit as it, Burma 's geographical entity will be literally shattered and other States might also want to be independent on their own in terms of sovereignty. That will be the coup de grace for total debacle of our common nemesis, the BMJ, the most unconscionable military rulers, the world has ever known.
Recent bombings in Rangoon and Mandalay were, to all intents and purposes, the doing of the ignominious BMJ, as most of the people believe.
We, the NRGB conjecture that the bombings of the civilians were intrigued, with three specific ulterior motives,
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To show that it can not guarantee the security for the representatives of ASEAN and other countries when they come to Rangoon to attend the meeting of ASEAN, with Burma as the scheduled chairman, in Rangoon in 2006. That is a face-saving stratagem, because the BMJ have inevitably to forfeit its chance to hold it in Rangoon , for being unable to act on it promises to pursue democratic reforms. |
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Especially, to denigrate Shan's Independence , an anathema to the BMJ by randomly pointing fingers at all opposition groups. Distraughtly, the BMJ even implicated Thailand , it closest country in training the bombers with the help of Central Intelligence Agency. All BMJ's accusations were rebutted by the countries concerned categorically. |
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To fabricate a pretext to stamp out all opposition elements, more harshly. |
For all those unwholesome political upheavals, the National League for Democracy (NLD) is to be partly blamed. The NLD, with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, our national heroine leader under house arrest, is absolutely impotent to curb the ferocious onslaught of the BMJ on opposition groups.
The present ongoing A(rmy)-NLD's leadership mostly by octogenarian turncoat ex-high-ranking-army-officers is a dud in confronting the BMJ's aggressive measures against its opponents.
We firmly believe the political picture of Burma will be dramatically changed if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is ever released from house arrest and the BMJ know it. We need to recruit the young Turks for a change in our political movements. Just holding the meetings indoors is not enough. We know it is easier said than done, but still we need some improvements in our maneuvers and in that respect we can count on the Young Turks; there are many of them in Burma ; all we need is to find them.
We, the NRGB were sort of embarrassed when we learnt that at one point the NLD leaders seemed to be colluding with the BMJ by letting the NLD's statement of unacceptability and depreciation of Shan States Independence to be used in disinformation-oriented BMJ's media. We feel it is not a misdemeanor on our part to assume that it is enormously manifest that “Majority-Race-Attitude” is still lingering in Burmese politics.
On learning the news of Shan States Independence the BMJ, out of frustration, started out intensifying the campaign of arm-twisting anti-MBJ minority groups to surrender, which is not the solution to get out of the political quagmire, sustained intentionally by their intransigent attitude.
Anti- Shan States Independence meetings instigated by the BMJ were held throughout the country to rundown and desecrate the sanctity of the yearning of the people of Shan States for their Liberation from the harassment by the BMJ, the eye-less monster.
We are fully aware of the grave situation facing our Shan States Independence but we are sincerely confident that with your leadership it will keep on developing.
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It is the BMJ's funeral for bombing its own downtrodden people. We can safely label it as downright, dirty political machinations to cripple all anti-BMJ elements in Burma and abroad. Eventually, their abominable political conspiracy will boomerang on the BMJ itself.
We, the NRGB strongly feel that Shan States Independence has set up an exemplary political episode, which could serve as a fillip for other states to secede from the belligerent BMJ, led by scatterbrained soldier-gangsters.
Finally, we the NRGB would like to solemnly assure you that we will be always standing by you, in time of war or peace.
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Down with the BMJ, the scum in international community |
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Long live our Shan States Independence and its Leaders |
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The people of the Federated Shan States unite -We will succeed. |
Signed,
SAI WYNN TOOT
Chairman The National Revival Group of Burma (NRGB)
Email: howsan@usa.com Tel: 1-503-916-0994
May you be peaceful by the Power of incomparable Triple Gem
(Buddha,Dhamma,Sangha).
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