Burmese mother and her loved one (This is not the actual picture of victims)
Blogger’s thought
This blogger has heard the numerous sad stories of Burmese Refugees.Every day, several young men, women, old men and children of all races and religions from Burma seems to be running away from the Motherland, leaving behind their homes and for some of them, the loved ones.
Why are these people running away from Burma? Let me quote the words of a friend of this blogger (a Professional) in a job interview. He has said “If my country is 1/10 th of the current situation, I would not be sitting here for this interview”. These unusual words of a proud professional cause the “would be” employers caught in surprise. He got the job that he deserves.
But the story is different for poor unskilled people who were forced to leave their home and the loved ones because of fear, torture and hunger. The recent news of a ten years old boy who was shot dead, in the hands of his mother hits this blogger’s heart. This news will be hard to believe for those who are living in the big cities without fear and hunger.
The mother and son were from Rakhine State, which is the western border of Burma with Bangladesh. The Father is a general worker in Malaysia. The wife and son finally decided to follow him after several years of separation. However there were no ways that they could unite legally. Finally, they have decided to trust the human traffickers who usually bring people from Burma through Thailand to Malaysia. The night journey in a bus over a highway to Malaysia with other 28 hungry and desperate people fleeing their home was initially uneventful, until Thai police ordered to stop the Bus .The driver decided to ignore the warning.
There were gun shots fired by Thai police to the runaway bus. The mother noticed blood oozing out from her chest and she thought she was hit. The boy was sleeping in her arms .Few minutes later the boy said “ May May(Mother) I think I am hit”.
These are the last words from the ten years old boy before he stopped breathing. The bus continued for one hour and then finally stopped. The Bus driver ordered the dead body of the boy, to be dumped into a roadside drain. The mother refused, and then she was told to stay behind with his son body in darkness. Confused, shocked and frightened, she finally continued the journey with a gunshot wound over her hand and of course with the guilt. She was not treated in any hospital for the wounded hand as she was too afraid to get arrested. Latest news said she finally met with her husband in Malaysia.
This blogger is keep on thinking. Why do people run away from Burma? Who are the culprits?
Sit Mone
(This is the true story that happened only few days ago near Thai Malaysia border)
