CNI News

16 February 2024

With more widely spread armed conflicts in Myanmar, distributions of hatred between ethnic groups or organizations have been found, said political analysts. 

So, hatreds have been spreading and all the stakeholders should make efforts so as not to make ethnic conflicts arise.

The group that is manipulating politics in Myanmar often created an ethnic conflict and political organizations should carry out so as not to cause hatred, said Dr.Nyo Nyo Thin, chairperson of the Yangon Watch, told CNI News.

" In fact, the groups that are manipulating politics tend to create ethnic conflicts in successive ages. So, the public need to beware of it. If an ethnic conflict arose, the public would suffer from it. Any ethnicities are our people. So, our people need to beware of political tricks cool-headedly and to evade the conflicts. Hatred is not a good thing. The religion of any country doesn't encourage the hatred. So, relevant political organizations should carry out so as not to spread hatred among the public." she said.

While seeing a warship of the Tatmadaw that has been captured by the AA

The letters that forbid the people not to buy goods at the shops owned by Rakhine people were sticked in Yangon and Mandalay a few days ago. 

Before that, the battles were severely breaking out between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State and the AA announced on 11th February that it was able to sink three warships of the Tatmadaw on 7th and 8th February.  

Over 600 people including children, men, women, government staff and the unwell, aboard a military vessel were killed by the AA on 8th February and it denounced the AA that committed the killings, Myanmar Farmers Development Party stated on 13th February 2024.

While seeing a variety of ethnicities

"If the Information Team of the SAC stated the piece of news, Rakhine people in Yangon and Mandalay could get into trouble. Our statement denounced, targeting the AA. We don't mean Rakhine people." said U Thet Zaw, an advisor of the party.

In spite of the distribution of anti-Arakanese letters in Yangon and Mandalay, the public understood very well that it was creating an ethnic conflict and the ethnic conflict would not take place, a Rakhine politician reviewed.

There are 135 indigenous ethnic groups in Myanmar and in spite of many different cultures, traditions and customs, efforts should be made so as not to cause ethnic conflicts and for the peaceful co-existence, politicians said.