Friday, 30 September 2011 22:15 Te Te
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A scheduled speech to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) by cartoonist Aw P Kyel has been suspended by authorities. Three days before the order, the MFF requested him not to talk about matters regarding Myitsone Dam, he told Mizzima.
“As soon as I heard that [the government] decided to halt the Myitsone project, the fisheries federation called me. They said the authorities ordered them to suspend the literary talk,” said Aw P Kyel.
He said, “The MFF has organized literary talks for many years, so they have a lot of experience. MFF officials cancelled the arrangement because the authorities sent the order and they [MFF officials] cannot refuse it.”
Aw P Kyel, a well-known conservationist, had planned to deliver a speech titled “Help in Pushing” that would have covered topics regarding environmental conservation and Burma’s current status among neighbouring countries.
“For instance, if the wheels of a bullock cart are stuck in mud, we cannot move forward. The country cannot improve. To improve, we need to struggle from the mud. I had planned to talk about it. I’ve talked about it for two or three months [in previous speeches],” he said.
The MFF and the Myanmar Shrimp Association jointly invite writers and scholars every two weeks to deliver speeches at the MFF headquarters.
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A scheduled speech to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) by cartoonist Aw P Kyel has been suspended by authorities. Three days before the order, the MFF requested him not to talk about matters regarding Myitsone Dam, he told Mizzima.
“As soon as I heard that [the government] decided to halt the Myitsone project, the fisheries federation called me. They said the authorities ordered them to suspend the literary talk,” said Aw P Kyel.
He said, “The MFF has organized literary talks for many years, so they have a lot of experience. MFF officials cancelled the arrangement because the authorities sent the order and they [MFF officials] cannot refuse it.”
Aw P Kyel, a well-known conservationist, had planned to deliver a speech titled “Help in Pushing” that would have covered topics regarding environmental conservation and Burma’s current status among neighbouring countries.
“For instance, if the wheels of a bullock cart are stuck in mud, we cannot move forward. The country cannot improve. To improve, we need to struggle from the mud. I had planned to talk about it. I’ve talked about it for two or three months [in previous speeches],” he said.
The MFF and the Myanmar Shrimp Association jointly invite writers and scholars every two weeks to deliver speeches at the MFF headquarters.
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