A press briefing to the
International Community concerning the ramp-up of the killing of civilians by
Myanmar armed forces in their punitive scorched-earth campaign with four-cuts
doctrine in Arakan
The Burmese racist invading
army has ramped up their campaign of firing and shelling with heavy and light
weapons into the Arakanese towns and villages according to the hallmark of
colonial invaders filled with full of racial hatred. It can be said that this
is one of the brazenly lawless and sabotage acts of Myanmar Army that has been
conducting its scorched-earth campaign with four-cuts doctrine in Arakan.
Detail documentation of their horrendous atrocities in Arakan will be released
later.
The Myanmar armed forces have
been killing civilians of Arakan by firing, shelling and bombing from local
light infantry battalions, artillery battalions, their tactical command bases,
police battalions, Navy ships, military helicopters and fighter jets day and
night. They have blatantly stepped up their genocidal attacks targeting
civilians and villages during the time of legal proceedings before the
International Court of Justice to find out whether Myanmar has breached the
genocide convention. This implies Myanmar Army has brazenly committed fresh war
crimes.
The racist Burmese armed forces
(Tatmadaw) have always provided the justification of their attacks that they
were shooting back to the Arakan Army’s assault or fighting occurring whenever
they had fired into the villages. Such responses confess itself that there was
no fighting but the Myanmar Army was deliberately firing with heavy and light
weapons into the villages. As the cunning nature of the Burmese racist
invaders, the Burmese armed forces are just implementing their wipe-out policy
in the territories of non-Bamar peoples.
Similarly, the Arakan based
battalions of Myanmar Army along the roads have been not only shooting and
killing civilian travelers but also firing and shelling with heavy and light
weapons from the Navy ships into the Arakanese villages along the river banks.
The death toll and injuries are rising due to such barbaric attacks.
As a recent example, without
any fighting in the area No.539 Light Infantry Battalion of Myanmar Army based
in Kyauk-Taw has ruthlessly fired and shot with heavy and light weapons into
A-Pauk-Wa village in Kyauk-Taw township at 13:12 pm on 10 June 2020, in which a
civilian was injured. In a similar vein, at 15:37 pm on 10 June 2020 the
artillery battalion of Myanmar Army based in Lin-Mwe mountain has inhumanely
fired over twelve times of shelling towards a funeral service gathering in
Late-Sen-Pyin village of Mrauk-U township that is located in 2 km away from
that artillery battalion.
An 85 year-old woman was killed
and other three women and one man were injured by artillery shelling from a
Navy ship of Myanmar Army that hit the Amyint-Gyun village of Sittwe township
at 00:20 am on 11 June 2020. After entering into the downtown of Ponnagyun, No.
550 Light Infantry Battalion based in Ponnagyun has carried out firing and
killing of innocent civilians, shootings to terrorize civilian-residents,
accusing their killed victims as revolutionaries with false charges and
fabricated evidence, threatening public with their arms, and the siege of the
whole town by taking inhabitants as hostages.
On the other hand, in the use
of state-owned media and military-backed newspapers that are publishing false
news, fabricated information, biased news, and omitted news the Burmese racist
regime and the Burmese Army have been conducting a systemic propaganda to
defame and discredit our organization in international. In addition, some
Myanmar military mouthpiece and backed media in Myanmar are doing public
grievances not to be highlighted on media but to be waned while covering up
serious human rights violations and war crimes committed by the Myanmar armed
forces.
The Burmese regime and its
military have blocked media, restricted media agencies, threatened journalists,
banned news and punished journalists not to uncover true information. Media
blackout is still imposed that the state-owned media and social media such as
Facebook are not only under the control of the Burmese authorities but the
internet shutdown also remains for year-long. The truth about inside Arakan has
vanished into darkness because the Myanmar Army has in a devious way blocked
international and national media agencies not to access genuine facts from
Arakan.
The Burmese regime headed by
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese Army have continued the spread of
disinformation, rally of fabricated information, and unwarranted accusations.
They are also attempting everyday to unjustifiably shift the blame on other
organizations while covering up war crimes committed by the Myanmar Army. By
sending false information to neighboring countries, the Burmese authorities are
also trying to denigrate and disparage the Arakanese people and our
organization to face serious crises. Therefore, neighboring countries and the
international community are requested to believe fabricated information and
misrepresentation of facts provided by the Burmese authorities after making
sound judgements.
Local residents, IDPs, and
refugees who have fled their homes in fear of the atrocities of Myanmar armed
forces are facing the shortages of basic goods such as rice, cooking oil, salts
and medicines by the four-cuts campaign of Myanmar Army. The situation can
become the worst humanitarian crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic and monsoon
season. This right catastrophe is only made by the four-cuts operation of
Myanmar Army, not related to our struggle for humanity.
The Myanmar Army is injecting
fear into the general public of Arakan by conducting the acts of
state-terrorism while carrying out extra-judicial killing of civilians of
Arakan in various ways. Therefore, the international community and civilized
nations are hereby respectfully informed about the punitive scorched-earth
campaign with four-cuts doctrine conducted by the Myanmar armed forces that is
targeted to wipeout the whole population of Arakan, aimed to pose existential
threat to civilization of Arakan and intended to commit genocidal crimes in
Arakan.
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