| In Burma
Coup More Death As UN Paralyzed and UNSC
Censored Under UK Woodward
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE, Feb 9 –
The United
States, responding to the coup
in Burma, is reviewing all of
its programs that benefit the
Burmese military.
The review should
hurry up. Myanmar Police in
Naypyidaw shot 19-year-old
student Myat Thet Thet Khaing
in the head while she
positioned herself with other
protesters behind a protective
barricade. A family member
confirmed her death
online. Mobile-phone
footage - here,
h/t - of the incident
shows police firing weapons in
the direction of protesters,
and a gunshot rings out as
Myat Thet Thet Khaing drops to
the ground. She was taken to a
hospital in Naypyidaw where
doctors confirmed she
sustained an imminently fatal
gunshot wound to the head with
live ammunition.
In Naypyidaw, Bago, Magway,
and Mandalay, police fired
weapons, including handguns,
into the air and used
high-pressure water cannons
against peaceful protesters.
While the
US State Department official
on February 2, on background,
described sanctions on
businesses tied to military
figures being considered,
there is no chance of UNSC
sanctions, give for example
China's veto right.
But the United Kingdom as
President of the UNSC for
February did not even push to
have the Tuesday meeting be
open, and UK Ambassador
Barbara Woodward on February 1
banned the Press - which was
given access to Tuesday's
background briefing - from her
UN "press" conference (at
which not a single question on
Africa, for example, was
taken).
Here was
and is Inner City Press'
question to the UK, as UNSC
President: ""on
deadline, for
UK's response
to current
developments
in Myanmar /
Burma. Please
confirm
receipt." This
was sent on
January 31 to
PR Barbara Woodward,
Jaclyn Licht,
Sorcha Lowry
and Isabella
Olex; no
answer from
them or
"spokesman"
Mungo
Woodifield.
Later
at the
February 2 US
State
Department
briefing,
Spokesman Ned
Price said,
"When it comes
to Burma,
look, I don’t
think the
military
takeover, the
military coup,
is in the
interest –
it’s certainly
not in our
interest.
It’s certainly
not in the
interest of
our likeminded
partners.
I think you
will also find
that it’s not
in the
interest of
the
Chinese.
So our first
concern, of
course, is the
restoration of
civilian
leadership in
Burma.
Our concern,
consistent
with that, is
ensuring that
as we
undertake this
review, now
that we have
determined
that a coup
has taken
place on
February 1st,
the
civilian-led
government has
been deposed
by the
military – our
first concern
as we do that
review will be
to ensure that
of the $135
million we
contribute
annually to
the people of
Burma, that we
don’t do
anything that
would affect
the
long-suffering
people of
Burma,
including the
Rohingya in
this case." Inner
City Press will have more on
this.
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