Aung San Shoot Thee?

Rape, mass murder... Suu Kyi's silence is the same as pulling the trigger herself.

Did it really have to come to this? It is incredible that the image of Aung San Suu Kyi has slipped under the rug so quickly. Save the Rohingyas demonstration staged in Surabaya. Courtesy: demotix.com

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - One after another in this life, I watch my heroes show their true colors, and they are often saturated in bloody tones of red. I think that when we lose faith in the superstar peace brokers like Aung San Suu Kyi we might be losing it for good.

In Myanmar, every hour of every day, mothers and fathers who are stressed and hungry and sick are trying to protect their children from a bloody ethnic cleansing that looks like Genocide.

The victims are Rohingya people who are Muslim. Stateless due to Myanmar's 1982 law stripping them of citizenship, they are a Burmese minority, outnumbered by violent Buddhist monks who are set on killing them and eliminating their presence in Burma.

There are many Rakhine Buddhists who are increasingly speaking out, but will it be too late? How many innocent people will suffer, watch their homes destroyed, their families violated and killed for being the 'wrong' religion?

They are real peace brokers from the temples of red robes who explain that what is taking place is totally out of the realm of Buddhism which would never allow the killing to take place.

The person who could speak out and who could have saved many lives, is the minority political leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize Laurette who is ignoring the destruction of the Rohingyas and their resulting Diaspora due to the violence and village after village being burned to the ground. Rape, mass murder... Suu Kyi's silence is the same as pulling the trigger herself.

Today The BBC quoted Aung San Suu Kyi who reiterated much to the dismay of the dying Rohingyas, she would not be drawn on the plight of Burma's mainly Muslim Rohingya minority, which has attracted international concern.

The article reminds the reader that in recent months, violence between Rohingyas and Buddhists in Rakhine state has forced 100,000 from their homes. Nearly all have been Muslim Rohingyas. About 90 people were killed just last week, in a flare up of communal violence.

Does this state of affairs render hope useless? When the peaceful Buddhists become the frenzied killers and their beautiful inspiring ambassador for peace turns a blind eye, I think we are in a new form of trouble in this world.

The BBC article that literally was published as I was scrambling out these thoughts, states:

Speaking after her meeting with Mr Barroso, Ms Suu Kyi told the BBC she could not speak out on the status of the Rohingya, who are denied citizenship.

She has been subjected to some uncharacteristically stinging criticism over her unwillingness to speak up for the Rohingyas, described by the UN as among the most persecuted minorities on Earth, the BBC's Jonathan Head reports.

But speaking to the BBC from her modest home in the new Burmese capital, she was unrepentant.

People on both sides in Rakhine state had suffered from the communal violence, she said - it was not her place to champion one side or the other.

"I am urging tolerance but I do not think one should use one's moral leadership, if you want to call it that, to promote a particular cause without really looking at the sources of the problems," she said.

Ms Suu Kyi added that she had seen no statistics to show that 800,000 Rohingyas were being denied citizenship.
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Unbelievable, it is sad she is simply staying on the side of the killers.

I have informed many in the Rohingya community that I will take the lead in producing a documentary about this Genocide in Burma. We are seeking a small budget to get this underway. If you can fund this effort please write to my email address below.

Today I am a Rohingya Muslim in my heart.

Please watch the Newsic video release before that was performed by Agron Belica, and commissioned and edited by Salem-News.com:

Published on Oct 30, 2012 by ACE Kinolar

BURMA: Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide/CCTJP Movement
Journalists: Tim King, Siraj Davis, and Agron Belica
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Music Produced by Sinma Co-Produced by Jamal Belica
Video Production by CCTJP Movement
Commissioned by Salem-News.com

Americans, write to your political reps:

Find Your Representative - U.S. House of Representatives

Contact US Senators - U.S. Senate

^{1} EU chief Barroso offers new development aid to Burma - The BBC

Tim King's past stories on Burma below:

Nov-01-2012: Myanmar: Rohingya Genocide Witness Blames People, Not Buddhism

Oct-31-2012: Oct-26-2012: Burmese Boat People Flee Genocide Increasingly Compared to Bosnia