ARAKANLAND
Arakanese Guru U U Tha Tun
43rd Anniversary of Bloody Akyab Rice Crisis Memorial Day and 20th Anniversary of Sara Gree U U Tha Tun Memorial Day successfully held at the place of Sukhaviti office by Arakan League for Democracy U.S.A.in New York City yesterday.
There was attending fifteen members and Dr. Aye Kyaw, Patron of ALD, undertook as President and U Ba Khin also served as Master of Ceremony. It had taken time started 1pm and ended 4 pm.
These mark August 13th and August 14th held to remember as unforgettable days of Arakan.
There was causing tragic August 13th in 1966, Arakanese people who peacefully demonstrated to demand for purchasing the rice in front of the Mra Rice Mill in Akyab due to Arakanese people faced shortage of rice.
Burmese Army led by General Ne Win denied allowing of rice and ordered to kill the Arakanese demonstrators. There was recorded to shoot death over three hundred people.
August 14 in 1990, Arakanese Guru Sara Gree U U Tha Tun, one of the founders of Arakan League for Democracy, was assassinated with the posing food by the Burmese military government during his prison term in Akyab jail.
Similarly, ALD exile Japan headed by ALD Youth Wing held as mark these 43rd Anniversary of Bloody Rice Killing Memorial Day and 20th Anniversary of Sara Gree U U Tha Tun Memorial Day at the Ikebukuro, Kumin Center 4F in Japan.
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