STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IMMEDIATELY
“The Myanmar military have really crossed the line now” – AIPMC PRESIDENT
Media reports of Myanmar’s military regime using brutal force to break-up peaceful protests in Burma today is being received with sheer disappointment and concern by members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC).
Reports have surfaced of baton-wielding and tear-gas-firing Myanmar police personnel against crowds of protesters, including students and Buddhist monks, in the capital Yangon.
“The reaction of Myanmar’s authorities towards the peaceful protesters is totally unacceptable. The junta have really crossed the line now and AIPMC strongly calls on the regime to immediately stop the use of harmful means to disperse the crowds,” said Zaid Ibrahim, AIPMC President from Kuala Lumpur.
According to the Reuters news agency, armed soldiers have used barbed wires to cordon off the area around the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon where about 500 monks were believed to be inside.
AIPMC parliamentarians from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore condemn the actions of the junta and strongly urge them to initiate peaceful discussions with the monks as well as political and ethnic leaders to resolve the conflict.
AIPMC also calls on ASEAN leaders to immediately intervene in the situation to prevent further untoward incidents in one of its member countries.
ENDS
For immediate reactions from AIPMC or Parliamentarians, please contact Roshan Jason (AIPMC Executive Director) at +6-012-3750974.
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