Malaysia's Birthday Gift to Aung San Suu Kyi

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Malaysia's Birthday Gift to Aung San Suu Kyi - 'We arrest 16 Burmese...' Shame on you...Malaysia!

By Charles Hector

How embarrassing...

Malaysian police must really be educated about Burma - and how the peoples of Burma have been denied the right to be governed by their democratically elected leaders by an evil military regime, that has ruled since 1962.

Of course, persons forced to leave by reason of an oppressive military regime is not able to go an get 'passports' and visas - If they do, many fear being arrested, detained, tortured....

Hence, it is an 'internationally' shameful fact that Malaysian police chose to arrest 15 Burmese at a celebration of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday celebration in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Police last night arrested 14 Myanmar nationals for taking part in an illegal gathering to celebrate the 64th birthday of Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

Petaling Jaya OCPD ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said some 30 Myanmar nationals had begun gathering near the Taman Jaya lake at about 8pm.

Police at the scene ordered the crowd to disperse. They also arrested 14 Myanmar nationals who did not possess any valid travel documents.

“All of those who were arrested have been brought to the Petaling Jaya police headquarters and will be handed over to the Immigration Department,” he said, adding the remaining crowd dispersed at 8.30pm - Star, 20/6/2009, 14 Myanmar nationals detained in illegal gathering

The Malaysiakini report :-

...A team of 50 police officers broke up a gathering in Petaling Jaya to celebrate Burma’s Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday at about 9pm and detained 16 people.

Those arrested are believed to be refugees from Burma who were at the birthday celebration to express their concern for their country’s democracy icon.

The Burmese military regime has kept Suu Kyi in detention for 13 of the past 19 years, and she is now on trial at Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison over a bizarre incident in which an American man swam to her lakeside home.

According to human rights group Suaram, the 16 were arrested even before the event kicked off.

“All those arrested now are detained in the Petaling Jaya district police station and denied access to lawyers. They might be moved to immigration,” said Suaram coordinator Temme Lee.

The 16 were taken to the Petaling Jaya police station where a crowd had gathered outside to press for their release.

The aborted celebration - which was to be held in an open area near Amcorp Mall in Taman Jaya - was jointly organised by Pakatan Rakyat Selangor and Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ)...- Malaysiakini, 19/6/2009, 16 refugees arrested at Suu Kyi's 'birthday bash'