State controlled media today devoted significant time and
space to coverage of an Amnesty International report detailing how the Myanmar
government and military completely failed to do their job, resulting in the
deaths of at least a hundred people.
“We have been trying to tell everyone that we let
terrorists massacre at least one village of people, and then failed to arrest
and jail those responsible, but apart from the huge amount of domestic and
international media coverage at the time, no-one would listen,” said government
spokesperson Zaw Htay.
“We failed in our most basic duty, to provide security
for the population. It’s not like this happened out of the blue, we had been
warning about increased terrorist activity for months. We were just so focussed
on the propaganda side of things we forgot to actually protect people. It’s an
absolute scandal which in any other country would have resulted in the
resignations of government ministers and senior military officers. They failed
to do their job, and people died as a result. Now at last, thanks to Amnesty
International, the truth is out there. We are delighted to keep letting people know
just how badly we messed up, and will keep gloating about our failure for at
least a week.”
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