Dimapur, August 12 (MExN): The Naga International Support Centre has appealed to the Chinese Government to show a humane face so that the peoples of Burma, especially the Nagas can be set free and allowed to be reunited to peacefully pursue their destiny.
A press statement issued by the NISC categorically implicated China of playing a hand in the politics of Myanmar which makes the neighboring giant to indirectly control over Nagaland over Myanmar, leaving devastating effects on the people.
The NISC said that the Chinese government supports the Military with weapons and funds and added that after the resurrection in 1988 and the general election in 1990 the Burmese Junta could only remain in control of the nation because China kept the junta going.
The NISC said that China encouraged the oppressive junta regime in Myanmar because China wanted Myanmar because of her sense of international expansion, Myanmar’s functions as a bridgehead against India and also because of Myanmar’s cheap resources.
Besides this, the NISC alleged that China provides the military junta with certain amount of legitimacy and knowingly contributes to the severe oppression of and the denial of the Burmese citizens of their basic human rights, which results in killing of the Burmese people by the junta government.
However, the NISC lamented that since most of the neighboring countries near Myanmar like Japan, China and ASEAN countries are interested in trade relations, these countries communicate with “these human rights violators” (Myanmar) about normalization of relations.
Nonetheless, the NISC, pointed out that the consequences of such action by the international communities have a far reaching effect on the Burmese people, both living in the central and the indigenous people who are kept isolated.
“They (the Burmese triblas) are demeaned forced, their rights forfeited and threshed up. The military junta does what it likes and the international community does little to intervene” the NISC said.
The NISC said that Burmese nationals especially the triblas pay a hefty price just for being Burmese.
The release said that unknown to international community, many tribal populations surrounding the Irrawaddy Valley are forced to adapt to the Burmese language, religion and culture.
However, many tribal populations like the Nagas, resist and defend themselves against intrusions by “the Burmese Army backed up by formidably strong China”. The NISC said that China becomes an ‘adversary’ since it backs up the Burmese Army to suppress the tribal population in Myanmar.
However, in the connection, the NISC called upon the Chinese Government to withdraw its support from Burma, to stop supplying the military junta with weapons used against its own people and against Indigenous Peoples like the remote Nagas.
“NISC appeals to the Chinese Government to show a humane face so the peoples of Burma can be set free and allow the Nagas to reunite so they can peacefully pursue their destiny” the NISC said.
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