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Reporter : Omid Ghoreishi, The Epoch Times PREMIUM / Image : John Woods/The Canadian Press
Henipah was one of the two types of viruses sent to China by Chinese-born scientists from a Canadian laboratory at the centre of a controversy over the firing of the scientists and collaboration with Chinese military researchers. It is not clear whether the virus found in the Chinese samples is related to the samples sent by the Canadian lab, which were shipped in late March 2019.
The finding was confirmed for The Epoch Times by another qualified scientist.
The evidence was first found by Dr. Steven Quay, a Seattle-based physician-scientist and former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who looked at early COVID-19 samples uploaded by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) shortly after China informed the World Health Organization about the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.
The samples from the patients, who reportedly were found to have the “unknown pneumonia” in December 2019, were uploaded to the genetic sequence database, GenBank, on the website of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH).
Quay says that while other scientists around the world were mostly interested in examining the genome of SARS-CoV-2 in the samples uploaded by the WIV scientists, he wanted to see what else was in the samples collected from the patients.
So he collaborated with a few other scientists to analyze sequences from the samples.
“We started fishing inside for weird things,” Quay told The Epoch Times.
What they found, he says, are the results of what could likely be contamination from different experiments in the lab making their way into the samples, as well as evidence of Henipah virus.
“We found genetic manipulation of the Nipah virus, which is more lethal than Ebola.” Nipah is a type of Henipah virus.
The Epoch Times asked Joe Wang, PhD, who formerly spearheaded a vaccine development program for SARS in Canada with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, to verify the finding. Wang is currently the president of NTD Television Canada, the sister company of The Epoch Times in Canada.
After examining the evidence, Wang said he was able to replicate Quay’s findings on the Henipah virus. He explains that the genetic manipulation of the virus was likely for the purposes of vaccine development.
Winnipeg Lab
The firing of Chinese-born scientist Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, from the National Microbiology laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg has been the subject of much controversy in Canada, with opposition parties pressing the government for more details on the case, and the government refusing to release information citing national security and privacy concerns.
Qiu and Cheng along with several Chinese students were escorted out of NML, Canada’s only Level 4 lab, in July 2019, amid a police investigation. The two scientists were formally fired in January 2021.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), which is in charge of NML, said the termination was the result of an “administrative matter” and “possible breaches of security protocols,” but has declined to provide further details, citing security and privacy concerns.
During her time at NML, Qiu travelled several times in an official capacity to WIV, helping train personnel on Level 4 safety. The Globe and Mail later reported that scientists at NML have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers on deadly pathogens, and that one of the Chinese military researchers worked at the high-security Winnipeg lab for a period of time.
Documents and emails released by PHAC show that the shipment of Henipah and Ebola samples was done with the permission of NML authorities.
In one of the emails sent in September 2018, David Safronetz, chief of special pathogens at PHAC, informs then-head of NML Matthew Gilmour and other lab administrators about the request from WIV for the shipment of the samples, saying “I trust the lab.”
In response, Gilmour asks about the nature of the work that will be done at the Wuhan lab, and why the lab doesn’t get the material from “other, more local labs.” He also tells Safronetz that it’s “good to know that you trust this group,” asking how NML was connected with them.
In his reply, Safronetz doesn’t specifically say what the samples will be used for in China, but notes they will only be sent once all paperwork and certification is completed. He also says the WIV is requesting the material from NML “due to collaboration” with Qiu.
He adds, “Historically, it’s also been easier to obtain material from us as opposed to US labs. I don’t think other, closer labs have the ability to ship these materials.”
Gilmour resigned from his position at NML in May 2020 and joined a UK-based bioresearch company.
MPs have asked NML management why shipment of the samples was allowed and whether they knew if China performs any Gain of Function (GoF) research at WIV. GoF research involves increasing the lethal level (virulence) or transmissibility of pathogens.
NML’s acting scientific director general Guillaume Poliquin told MPs during a parliamentary committee meeting on 22 March 2021 that the laboratory only sent the samples to WIV after receiving assurance that no gain of function research would take place.
Conservative MP John Williamson pressed for more answers, saying the word of the state-run Chinese lab can’t be trusted as the Chinese regime “has a history of theft and lies.”
The issue of gain of function research at WIV has been a point of contention in the United States between lawmakers and Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIH’s head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose organization has funded research (through EcoHealth Alliance) on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says published work from WIV on coronaviruses shows the lab is conducting GoF research, a charge Fauci denies.
The Epoch Times sought comment from PHAC, including as to how the agency addressed issues of intellectual property and the development of any products such as vaccines with WIV, but didn’t hear back by time of publication.
Despite repeated requests by opposition parties for more details related to the firing of the two NML scientists, the Liberal government has refused to provide records, saying there are national security and privacy concerns.
After the House of Commons issued an order for the government to disclose the information, the government took the Speaker of the House to court to obtain confirmation from a judge that it can withhold the documents. The government later dropped its court case once Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an election and Parliament was dissolved.
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The U.S. intelligence community submitted a report on the origin of the virus to Biden
Reporter : Li Xin / Editor : Li Yuan / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/25/n13187772.htm
Image : US officials stated that the intelligence community has submitted an investigation report on the origin of the CCP virus to President Biden. The picture shows Biden speaking at a cyber security conference held in the East Wing of the White House on 2 5 August 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
U.S. officials said on Wednesday (25 August 2021) that the domestic intelligence community has followed President Biden’s instructions and submitted a report on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (virus; novel coronavirus, Wuhan virus, CCP virus, covi as synonym) / COVID-19 (disease; novel coronavirus pneumonia, Wuhan pneumonia, covid as synonym) within 90 days.
According to a CNN report on 25 August, two government officials told the media that the US intelligence community had reported the findings to Biden on Tuesday (24 August).
A White House official also confirmed the above news to CBS on Wednesday.
"The President listened to the introduction of the confidential report," the official told CBS News (CBS News), "We look forward to a non-confidential summary of key judgments to share soon."
Although the findings of the investigation are highly anticipated, for weeks, intelligence officials have been downplaying the possibility that US intelligence agencies can draw clear conclusions. They pointed out that the CCP government lacked cooperation and obfuscated relevant data in the early stages.
At a press briefing on Monday, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said that a non-confidential version of the report will be released publicly in the next few days but she does not know what form it will take.
According to CNN estimates, the non-confidential summary of the report may be available this week, and Biden asked the intelligence community to declassify the report as much as possible.
In May 2021, when the issue of the source of covi once again caused great concern, Biden ordered the US intelligence community to "double" its efforts to investigate this issue, including the possibility that covi originated in a laboratory accident, and requested intelligence. The officials submit the report within 90 days.
People familiar with the matter told CNN that no agency in the US intelligence community has the confidence to give a definitive conclusion about whether covi was a natural occurrence or leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
From the early days of the outbreak, the Chinese Communist government has refused to share relevant information with the outside world and insisted that the virus emerged naturally. Due to the lack of transparency, all investigations, including previous investigations of the origin of the virus conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), have encountered huge obstacles.
The WHO COVID-19 origin investigation team concluded earlier this year that the virus was probably transmitted to humans from animals sold on the Wuhan market. This seems to deny the possibility that the CCP virus originated in the laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology.
This conclusion made by the WHO, which is deeply infiltrated by the CCP, has been refuted by many scientists, especially in the United States. In this context, Biden issued an order to the US intelligence community to investigate again.
According to CBS News, it is not yet clear whether the White House will order another investigation if the investigation results are completely inconclusive. Some members of Congress have called for the establishment of an investigation committee similar to the "9.11" incident to investigate the origin of the virus. Republicans in the House of Representatives have launched several investigations of their own.
The pandemic has claimed the lives of at least four million people worldwide. Public health officials in various countries said that it is important to understand how SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans, which is essential to prevent and contain future outbreaks.
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No new community cases in Taiwan on 25 August 2021
In Taiwan, 108 days later on 25 August 2021, the number of confirmed covid diagnoses on a single day for the first time is zero. This is also the third day of public vaccination of MVC-COV1901 in Taiwan.
Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Centre, said, "It is also very difficult. The local cases we reported to you today are zero."
After 108 days, Taiwan once again ushered in zero confirmed cases. However, the command center reminded that "adding zero" does not mean "clearing", and Taiwan must continue to hold on.
Chen Shizhong added, "This week and these two weeks are a very important observation period for us. There is no way to say that it has been cleared."
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1 out of 4 deaths after MVC-COV1901 vaccination clarified
As the world's first protein subunit vaccine after passing the EUA, Taiwan’s self-produced MVC-COV1901 launches public vaccination on 23 August. A total of 4 deaths one to two days after vaccination have occurred.
While the man surnamed Peng is declared to die from overdose of heroin on 25 August 2021, the other causes of death remain to be clarified.
It is expected the exact cause of Lu Zhijun's death will be disclosed on 26 August 2021.
Ref: https://staygate.blogspot.com/2021/08/two-taiwanese-died-one-day-after.html
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3 million doses of BNT vaccine were originally going to Turkey, Taiwan managed to grab nearly 2 million doses
Reporter : Wu Liangyi
Image : A senior government official revealed that Taiwan has successfully secured nearly 2 million doses of BNT vaccine and has the fastest chance to arrive in Taiwan from the end of this month to the beginning of next month. (AFP)
The Central Epidemic Command Centre issued a press release at night of 25 August stating that a batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine/Comirnaty will arrive in Taiwan earlier than originally scheduled; Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shizhong confirmed that this batch of vaccines has a total of about 3 million doses that were originally to be sent to Turkey, but the Republic of China (ROC) has won the priority of transferring most of the vaccines to Taiwan. According to a high-level government official, Taiwan has successfully secured nearly 2 million doses of vaccine and has the fastest chance to arrive in Taiwan from the end of August to the beginning of September.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has not allowed Comirnaty to pass the country’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Therefore, the batch of 3 million doses of vaccine was originally to be transferred to Turkey. It is a bit embarrassing but the Central Epidemic Command Center believes that the public's rights and interests should be given priority to vaccines, "it will be gone when it is too late," so it actively negotiated for this batch of vaccines.
The high-level government pointed out that Taiwan has successfully secured nearly 2 million doses of Comirnaty and will enter Taiwan in batches. The time is likely to fall between the end of this month and the beginning of next month, but "the actual arrival time in Taiwan must be approved by the European Union."
Chen Shizhong emphasized to reporters that the batch of vaccines that came to Taiwan early was definitely made in Germany. Recently, the outside world has continuously discredited that the government has to re-make vaccines because of the Chinese characters "Fubitai" on the bottles, which has delayed the delay for several months. Taiwan said, "This is absolutely, absolutely not a fact. Printing labels does not take time at all. It is the most trivial matter in vaccine production."
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Will the first batch of BNT arrive? Huang Weihan exploded "a total of 1.95 million doses" arrived in Taiwan on 1 September 2021
Editor : Zhou Jiaru
TSMC, Hon Hai Yongling, and Tzu Chi recently purchased a total of 15 million doses of BNT vaccine, and it is reported that 1.5 million to 2 million doses will arrive first by the end of August. For this, the command center commander Chen Shizhong said that the exact delivery time is not yet known, but the media person Huang Weihan broke the news on 26 August that he learned that the first batch of delivered doses was 1.95 million doses, which are expected to take off on 31 August and arrive in Taiwan on 1 September 2021.
Ref: news.tvbs.com.tw/life/1572756
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Refs: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p0825-new-cdc-office.html, https://vov.vn/the-gioi/pho-tong-thong-my-se-khai-truong-van-phong-khu-vuc-dong-nam-a-cua-cdc-my-tai-viet-nam-885412.vov
Scandal-scarred ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approved the law back in March that legalized the sale of marijuana in New York. However, Cuomo — locked in a dispute with the state Senate — did not nominate an executive director for the new Office of Cannabis Management or name appointees to the Cannabis Control Board, even though the Marijuana Taxation and Regulation Act was passed months ago.
The Senate must confirm the appointments.
The appointments are necessary to set up and approve new rules and licensing for firms and employees in the emerging marijuana industry — from cultivation to sales.
During negotiations over the cannabis appointments, Cuomo was embroiled in a separate spat with the legislature over leadership changes he wanted to make at the MTA. He was ticked off after lawmakers blocked legislation to split the top MTA leadership positions into two posts — and a spokesman even suggested the transit agency appointments and cannabis ones were linked.
Hochul on Wednesday promised to clear the logjam.
Vice President Kamala Harris gave the word to legalize cannabis in the U.S. after the illegal consumption of cannabis is the cause of e-vaping lung illness (evali), a scientific argument doubted by the CCP war wolf diplomat Zhao Lijian. He questioned whether evali was the cause of covid in the U.S. and dumped the pot of the virus origin to the U.S.
Refs: https://nypost.com/2021/08/25/kathy-hochul-vows-to-launch-new-yorks-legal-marijuana-industry/, https://staygate.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-causes-and-symptoms-of-evali-are.html.
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Harris: U.S. "committed to supporting the people" of Myanmar
Source : The Irrawaddy
Referring to the Southeast Asian country’s ongoing bloody and deadly struggle to topple the military regime that seized power in February, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Singapore on Tuesday (24 August) that “the United States remains deeply alarmed by the military coup in Burma”, using the country’s former name.
“We condemn the campaign of violent repression. And we are committed to supporting the people there as they work to return their nation to the path of democracy,” she said.
“We do hope that nations throughout the Indo-Pacific will join us in that effort,” she added.
Since the coup, the regime has killed 1,014 people and detained more than 5,800 across the country in its crackdowns against anyone who opposes its rule, according to monitoring groups.
More than six months on, the junta is struggling to rule the country, as it faces nationwide popular opposition ranging from flash-mob protests to deadly armed resistance, both in urban and rural areas, nearly every day.
The US, along with other democracies in the West, has condemned the coup in Myanmar since the beginning. It has also encouraged the regional bloc, ASEAN, to take initiatives to resolve Myanmar’s crisis, as the country is a member of the bloc.
Apart from its support for ASEAN’s effort, the US has also engaged with Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG), which was formed by elected lawmakers of the ousted National League for Democracy government and their ethnic allies.
Early this month, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with Daw Zin Mar Aung, the NUG’s foreign minister, making the first official contact between a senior US official and Myanmar’s parallel government.
The State Department said at the time that the two discussed ongoing efforts to return Myanmar to a path to democracy, including continued US support for the pro-democracy movement, as well as efforts to combat rising covid infections in Myanmar and to provide critical humanitarian assistance to the people.
Then, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced that Washington would provide more than US$50 million in critical humanitarian assistance to the people of Myanmar including those forced to flee violence and persecution.
This month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his ASEAN counterparts to take joint action to urge the military to end the violence.
He welcomed the bloc’s appointment of Brunei’s second minister for foreign affairs, Erywan Yusof, as special envoy to Myanmar. However, ASEAN has been criticized for its failure to reach out to any relevant parties concerning the Myanmar issue.
On 24 August 2021, the NUG’s deputy foreign minister said ASEAN had yet to engage with the shadow government.
See? Sums it up, perfectly, doesn’t it?
As the 31 August Afghan evacuation deadline looms ever closer, the panicked Biden administration on Monday sent CIA Director William Burns to Kabul to plead with the Taliban for an extension of the deadline.
The Taliban summarily rejected the pathetic “pretty please with sugar on it” plea, saying, in effect:
“Yeah, no. A deal is a deal. If your asses aren’t out of here by August 31, there will be consequences.” (I paraphrased, a tad.)
Biden promptly folded up like a cheap lawn chair, caved in to the Taliban, and undercut our allies. Again.
Hence, the brilliance of the Michael Ramirez political cartoon: Biden in a dress, taking notes, and dutifully (fearfully) responding “Yes sir” to the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar.
It just got worse. Way worse, reportedly.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, the Taliban have expanded their blockade of the besieged Hamid Karzai International Airport outside Kabul and are now blocking Westerners from getting to the airport, as well as Afghans, despite having repeatedly assured the Biden administration that “foreigners” would be allowed access to evacuation flights and would not be harrassed. (See: “complete crock of crap.”)
Needless to say, Corn Pop’s pal — Corn Pop was a “bad dude,” or so I’ve heard — continues to trot out to his little podium and trusty teleprompter on a near-daily basis and tell us yet again how the “Tollyybahn” have given his administration their “word” [ROFL emoj], precisely as the ruthless Islamist extremists continue to lie their lying faces off, insisting they’re not doing exactly what they’re doing.
As the WSJ noted, contradictions abound, depending on who says what, and when.
“New Taliban checkpoints on the road to Pakistan have made driving out of the country increasingly risky,” added the WSJ, and “confusing bureaucratic hurdles have prevented countless people from leaving Afghanistan.”
And according to a report from Politico, the Taliban’s expanded blockades are catching not just Afghans, “but American citizens,” as well —and “halting evacuation efforts.”
The bottom line?
As The Washington Post Editorial Board observed on Wednesday, “there may be only three or four days left for the gigantic airlift currently underway, because time must be left to fly out U.S. and other troops securing the airport themselves. Indeed, some troops have started leaving already.”
And Biden’s band plays on.
In addition to the disastrous scope of the Biden administration that has continued to unfold over the last seven months, the second-worst part — in my opinion — is the stark reality that nothing this inept guy does — purposely so, in some cases — doesn’t surprise us, anymore. Even worse, we’ve come to expect it. We wait for the other shoe to drop. And whatever that shoe is and however hard it drops, we have resigned ourselves in some respects to just chalking it up to Biden being Biden.
But we no longer have that luxury. We can no longer simply chalk it up to “Biden being Biden.”
I would argue — as I suspect many of you would, as well, that Biden is clearly mentally unfit to lead America — and that reality is getting clearer by the day.
That is the most frightening part of all.
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President Biden received a 90-day report from US intelligence on the origin of Covid-19
Kieu Anh/VOV.VN (translator) / Source : The Washington Post
VOV.VN - A secret 90-day report on the origins of Covid-19 by US intelligence agencies has reached President Biden and is likely to be released to the public.
US President Joe Biden on 24 August received a confidential report from intelligence agencies, but has not yet reached a final conclusion about the origin of Covid-19, including the question of whether the virus was transmitted from animals to animals. humans as part of a natural process or escape a laboratory in China, said two US officials with ties to the matter.
It will take several days for the intelligence agency to disclose the findings of this report to the public. The assessment is the culmination of a 90-day rush of investigation after President Biden commissioned intelligence agencies in May to produce a report that "could bring us closer to a final conclusion" on the matter. SARS-CoV-2 has now killed more than 4 million people and devastated economies. However, despite analyzing a large amount of intelligence and looking for new evidence, intelligence officials have yet to reach a consensus, the two sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Earlier, President Biden directed intelligence agencies to investigate the origin of Covid-19 after he received a report in May from the agencies saying that they "combined the two possibilities" but had not yet. have a conclusion. He said two agencies are leaning towards the hypothesis that the virus was transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals while the third is leaning towards the laboratory incident hypothesis.
The head of the intelligence agency, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, cautiously assessed in June that the intelligence agencies may not be able to solve the problem.
"We hope to find 'evidence,' but this is a challenge" because "it may or may not happen," she said.
The US intelligence agency's assessment of the origins of Covid-19 involved many analysts and intelligence officials from different agencies, Haines said. Another official said the intelligence community "doesn't need to put in the best effort to deal with this," because it is fundamentally a matter of science.
President Biden himself, during his first visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in July, also spoke out about the need for a more aggressive working group to track the epidemic.
Many scientists expressed skepticism about this 90-day assessment report, while others said that the investigation into the origin of Covid-19 could take up to several years of research.
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Myanmar’s military regime has added a genocide law to the country’s colonial-era Penal Code, a move being seen by legal experts as an attempt to ease international pressure on the regime as it faces a genocide charge at a United Nations court for its soldiers’ atrocities against the Rohingya.
The new provisions published in junta-controlled newspapers threaten the death sentence for murders committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. The provisions were signed by coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday.
The addition to the Penal Code also carries a life sentence for other crimes committed with genocidal purpose.
They include causing grievous hurt or serious mental harm to members of a group, deliberately inflicting on a group conditions of life calculated to bring its physical destruction in whole or in part, imposing measures, not in accordance with any existing laws, intended to prevent births within a group, and forcibly transferring children of a group to another group.
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Genocide law coincides with Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day
The promulgation of the new genocide law coincided with an online campaign to mark the fourth anniversary of atrocities against the Rohingya, the stateless Muslim people in Rakhine State, in 2017. A Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day was organized online on Wednesday, with many activists expressing their apologies to the Rohingya for failing to speak out while they were being persecuted by the Myanmar military.
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Gambia filed genocide case against Myanmar
Over 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh after the military carried out clearance operations in Rakhine in response to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s attacks on security outposts in August 2017. The Gambia, representing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, filed a genocide case against Myanmar at the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) in late 2019.
However, both the then National League for Democracy government and the military denied the accusations of genocide. In January 2020, the ICJ ordered Myanmar to comply with four provisional measures as requested by The Gambia.
The measures require that Myanmar take steps to prevent genocide from occurring in the future, as well as ensuring that the military and its affiliates do not commit further acts of genocide, in particular killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and preventing births. Myanmar is also required to preserve all evidence of genocide, and provide regular updates on its progress on these measures.
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Genocide law meant to ease international pressure on Myanmar Junta but will not stop accusations at the regime for previous crimes committed
One legal expert, who asked for anonymity, said that the military regime has enacted the genocide law to ease international pressure on it as it faces the genocide charge at the ICJ, but the move will not give the regime any protection from crimes it has previously committed.
“The law will not have an effect on things that happened before its enactment. This law should be accepted as it presents the opportunity for citizens, ethnic groups and religious organizations to open cases regarding genocidal crimes in the future,” he added.
The junta said it had enacted the genocide law because it was liable to do so after Myanmar ratified the Genocide Convention on December 30, 1949 and then became a member of the Convention in March 1956.
“As we are a member country, we have a responsibility to enact a law. So we have enacted a law to prevent and punish genocide,” said the regime spokesperson, Major General Zaw Min Tun.
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Myanmar Junta can arrest genocide suspects without a warrant
The junta has also changed the Code of Criminal Procedures, which allows authorities to arrest genocide suspects without a warrant. People accused of genocide can no longer be bailed.
“They just want to show the international community that they are against genocide and are taking action to prevent it,” said another legal expert. Meanwhile, the parallel National Unity Government (NUG) is also working to prosecute Myanmar’s military at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Myanmar shadow government NUG accepts ICC's jurisdiction on international crimes committed in Myanmar
Myanmar is not an ICC member, but Acting President Duwa Lashi La of the NUG lodged a declaration with the ICC registrar last week, accepting the ICC’s jurisdiction with respect to international crimes committed in Myanmar since 1 July 2002, the earliest date permitted by the Rome Statute that established the ICC.
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NUG advocates protection of the vulnerable, preventing genocidal acts
To mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, the NUG Deputy Minister for Women, Youths and Children Affairs, Daw Ei Thinzar Maung, called on Myanmar people to show sympathy for the traumatic experiences Rohingya women and children and other ethnic minorities have suffered. She also urged them to protect the vulnerable and to speak out for them to prevent genocidal acts from occurring in the future.
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