7/Sept/07

The Sydney Burmese democratic movement supports the US president, George W Bush’s condemnation of the Burmese military regime while Chinese president, Hu Jintao is denounced for exploiting Burma . 

The 21 leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) urged to speak out against oppressive Burmese regime on the recently mass arrest in Burma and to stand united with United States ’ policy on Burma . Mr. Bush has raised Burma ’s issue on the first press conference of APEC in Sydney on Wednesday.

"We really appreciate President Bush for his clear and strong message to the military regime" spokesperson of Australia Burma Council, Dr. Myint Cho said. He says the Australian Government should be embarrassed on its silence on recent crackdowns in Burma.

Following by the APEC meeting, more than one hundred Sydney based Burmese activists march in Sydney's Central Business District (CBD) areas, holding Aung San Suu Kyi's picture, various placards of demanding the APEC’s leaders to against the military regime and urge the Chinese president to change its policy on Burma.

Sydney based the coordinator of Joint Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (JACDB), Dr Aye Kyaw says Chinese government smuggles illegal trade and arm to the Burmese regime and support them to survive long term power. As a result of this the fifty million of Burmese people have been in prolong suffering.

"We request the Chinese government to stop as soon as possible on exploiting our country by using the uneducated military junta" he said. He also added “China should concern on Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s development because China has the power to make the regime changes”.

A protestor Dr. Tun Aung says "We need to rely on ourselves in order to achieve our goal on combating the democracy and ending the military regime in Burma. No one is going to do anything for us. The APEC leaders are not interested on Human Rights issue and they are interested in their business only"

Despite the security is toughly guarded in Sydney’s CBD, the demonstration ended successfully.