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Sign
letter of protest outside Burmese embassy
29 Sep
07
Singaporeans are urged to go to the Burmese embassy to
sign letters of protest. One of the letters is addressed to
Ambassador U Win Myint and the other to Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong (see below).
SDP Chairman Gandhi Ambalam and
Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan will be stationed outside the
Burmese Embassy at 15 St Martin's Drive, Singapore 257996
(opposite the Tanglin Shopping Mall) the whole of tomorrow,
Sunday, 30 Sep 07 starting at 12 noon to receive
petitioners.
The SDP leaders will also conduct a vigil at
the venue tomorrow night in solidarity with the pro-democracy
protesters.
We urge Singaporeans to come to the stand at
St Martin's Drive and sign the letter to register your support
for the Burmese people and to stand together with them at this
time of need. We need action, not just words.
Letter 1
30
September 2007
U Win Myint
Ambassador
Embassy of
the Union of Myanmar
Singapore
Dear Sir,
It is
with disgust that we learn about the murderous assault on the
Burmese people by your dictatorship in Rangoon. The wanton
shooting and killing of peaceful demonstrators by the military
junta has brought new meaning to the word depravity.
Instead
of entering into a dialogue with the citizens to resolve the
crisis in Burma through peaceful means, the military junta is
unleashing violence to quell the People Power that has taken firm
root in the country.
We, the undersigned, therefore and
hereby call upon the SPDC to immediately
- cease all
brutal acts against unarmed, peaceful protesters, including
Buddhist monks who are at the forefront of the present largest
democracy uprising in 20 years,
- release from detention
the National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all
other political prisoners and monks who have been detained,
-
enter into a dialogue with NLD and other ethnic minority groups
to diffuse the explosive situation in order to restore democracy,
- convene parliament and hand over power to the elected
representatives in the 1990 elections.
We believe that a
just and lasting solution to turmoil presently enveloping Burma
can only be found by implementing the above demands. We deliver
this message to you on behalf and in solidarity with the people
of Burma who have suffered long enough.
Sincerely,
Letter 2
30
September 2007
Mr Lee Hsien Loong
Prime
Minister
Singapore
Dear Sir,
It
has been widely documented that the Singapore Government sells
arms and military equipment to the military junta in
Burma.
Chartered Industries and Allied Ordnance, companies
controlled by Temasek Holdings are reported to be involved in
such business. We, the undersigned, ask the Government to declare
whether it has sold or transhipped arms and ammunition to Burma
in the past and, more important, whether it is still doing so.
It is unimaginable that the weapons used by the soldiers
to gun down peaceful protesters and monks in Burma are
manufactured by Singapore. We do not want Singaporean hands
stained by the blood of innocent and oppressed people of Burma.
In addition, the Government continues to stonewall about
whether it is doing business linked with druglords in Burma.
Apart from the immorality of the business, revenue from the
trafficking of narcotics in Burma find their way into the pockets
of the military rulers.
For the sake of doing the right
thing we also demand to know whether GLCs are doing business in
Burma. If they are, they should pull out immediately.
At
this time of crisis, we should do everything we can to help the
Burmese people instead of exploiting their misery for
profit.
Sincerely,
This
website will post updates of the letter-signing and when the
letters will be handed over.
p.s.
Dr Chee Soon Juan , Mr Gandhi Ambalan, Ms Chee Siok Chin and
others will be staying outside of the Myanmar Embassy until
tomorrow (1 Oct, Monday). Come to sign the petition, and join us
for an overnight vigil by lighting up a candle for the
courageous Burmese people.
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