Mandalay police are investigating the appearance of flyers around the city bearing the words “UN-Get Out”. The mysterious flyers were posted on utility poles and lampposts in several townships on Tuesday evening.
Photos of them have begun to circulate on social media, with netizens wondering who is responsible for them.
“No need to interfere on Myanmar local cause,” the flyers say, apparently in reaction the assertion by a UN fact-finding mission last that Myanmar military leaders committed genocide against the Rohingya.
“There is no Rohija native,” the flyers say, along with: “Only illegal Bengali in Myanmar.”
The creators of the flyers, apparently supporters of the military or people attempting to appear as such, also say they have “no belief on NLD government”, referring to the National League for Democracy, the ruling political party run by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
The critique of the party comes despite the fact that the NLD and its leader have largely defended the military’s violence against the Rohingya.
The text concludes with the injunction: “Myanmar’s history has to purify by brave blood.”
A police officer in Maha Aung Myay Township told Eleven that the flyers were concentrated in his area, as well as in Chanmyatharzi Township.
Police have begun to take down the flyers. No arrests have been reported as of Thursday morning.
If caught, the people responsible for the flyers may be charged under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, which prohibits the circulation of statements that could cause public fear or alarm or induce others to “commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility”.
Last week, a protester was arrested and charged under Section 505(b) after publicly calling for the United Nations and the International Criminal Court to “arrest Myanmar’s murderous generals”.
