By Aung Aung Sittwe
My own family members have been facing
ovarian cancer, trauma, diabetic and malnutrition in the concentration camp of
Sittwe that halts my reporting about our peoples dire condition for nearly six
months. As we are not allowed to get any kind medical access, we depend on only
herbal treatments such as papaya leaf, guava leaf, horseradish leaf etc.
We, Rohingyas of Burma, were wounded with two
deep and terrible wounds on our right and left sides- long term persecution by
Dictator Ne Win since 1965 to 1990 and genocidal operations since 1992 by
Fascist China-backed Burmese military leaders and current de facto leader of
Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi. Behind us stood a lot of deadly diseases such as
cancer, trauma, depression, hepatitis, tumor, tuberculosis, diabetic and
malnutrition as though waiting to kill us. Before us stood genociders’ killing
fields which have been being used to death and annihilating as many Rohingyas
as possible. Fascist China has been supporting Burmese genociders to accomplish
its projects in Myanmar.
Hundreds of diplomats and democratic leaders
visited to our concentration camps several times to investigate the issue since
2012 and told us “don’t despair, everything will be fine soon” hundreds of
times, our situation becomes bad to worse day by day.
Before 1938, Britain had already given way to
Hitler on a number of occasions, but it was the events of the Sudeten crisis
which showed appeasement in action trying to buy off Hitler by giving way to
his demands. Appeasement let Hitler grow stronger and abandoned millions of
people to the Nazis, caused the war, by encouraging Hitler to think he could do
anything.
In the name of protecting domestic stability
and approaching to solve Rohingya issue, China lets military leaders grow
stronger and commit Rohingya Genocide. China directed Myanmar’s generals to
create 2012-2014 violence to complete their Kyaukpyu-Kunming Gas Pipeline. https://amti.csis.org/kyaukpyu-china-indian-ocean/
Since 2011, the most sincere Burmese scholar
Dr. Maung Zarni and other activists have been showing the World clear evidence
of Nazi-like policy in Myanmar against Rohingya and other ethnic group. They
repeatedly urged international community to end Rohingya genocide and take
action against Myanmar’s military leaders.
As appeasement was “giving a bully what
Hitler wanted”, US foreign policy gave chances to China which supported
Myanmar’s generals to commit Rohingya Genocide. Though the majority Burmese
people wanted “democracy” and expected assistance from the west, US and the
west ignored of human rights violations and genocidal operations of Myanmar
army against Rohingya. The World should be aware of Chinese investment in
Rakhine and genocidal operations of China-backed Myanmar military against
Rohingya.
Since 2016, the Myanmar military has been
implementing genocidal atrocities against Rohingya especially in the western
Rakhine State and compelled the entire Rohingya community to flee. As a result,
about a million Rohingya have fled to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
Policy of United State of America regarding Rohingya issue and Chinese
investment in Rakhine resembles Britain’s appeasement for Hitlers aggression.
” US ignore atrocities of
dictators to protect its self-interest and let them to do anything they like. “
Repatriation plan will never stop Myanmar’s
genocidal plan against Rohingya. Why do World Leaders are eager to repatriate
refugees in Bangladesh while Rohingya in Arakan are still in the concentration
camps- our situation in Arakan is worse than Jews in Hitlers concentration
camps; we are not allowed to find our own food, attend school, and travel
freely? Rohingyas in the concentration camps of Arakan are seeking ways to
escape from genocidal persecution of Buddhist authority.
Recently, 106 Rohingya including children
from Sittwe concentration camp tried to flee and being arrested by Myanmar
authority on November 16, 2018. They should know Myanmar has started genocidal
operations after repatriation of Rohingya refugees in 1978 and 1993.
To get International assistance, the Myanmar
government shows its eagerness to take refugees back from Bangladesh. In
reality, killing Rohingya is a States secret policy of Myanmar that has proved
in the case of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo- Myanmar court jailed these Reuters
reporters for seven years for reporting atrocities of Myanmar army against
Rohingya. International Community particularly democratic nations must question
Chinese stand and save Rohingya from Myanmar’s genocidal actions.