Senior General Than Shwe
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council,
H.E. Mr. Hla Myint
Embassy of the Union of Myanmar in Japan
Dear Sirs:
On September 27, 2007 a video journalist Mr. Kenji Nagai was shot to death at a close distance by a member of the army of your country. He was reporting the activities of your army towards your citizens in your country as an international journalist. This Japanese journalist was shot without warning while he was engaged in an international press activity on the street of Yangon. This shooting incident by your soldier constitutes a sever violation of rules of the international community concerning activities of the press. The action of the soldier was intentional and cruel which, as members of the international community and as citizens of Japan, cannot dismiss without strong requests for fair punishment. Furthermore, the police authority of your country has not returned the video camera and the videotape contained within which Mr. Nagai was using at the time of death. The camera and the tape legally belong to Mr. Nagai in accordance with the international law.
We hereby strongly protest the atrocity done by the member of your military resulted in the violent death of Mr. Nagai. We also request with sincerity that details of this incident be investigated and opened to public, as well as identifying the perpetrator of the murder and the immediate initiation of due penal processes for this crime accordingly. This is also our strong request and hope that the video camera and the contained recorded tape be returned to Mr. Nagai's family without any modifications to the recorded material.
Best regards,
The Group Protesting the Murder of Mr. Nagai by the Army of Myanmar.
Suite 306, 7-8-25 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
Credit : http://blog.goo.ne.jp/nagaikenji20070927/e/2f627ce42b5fbd7466f1506a50ac3b3d
No comments:
Post a Comment