2019 Letter(s) to John Alexander MP

[DISTRIBUTED: 2019 Jun-Jul, (almost) All MPs]

I am U Ne Oo, a grassroots refugee supporter who lives in Ryde NSW. I work to support myself as a cleaner and I am not working for any other lobbying advocacy groups nor political parties.

I am enclosing the copy of email I sent in April 2019 to John Alexander MP (Liberal), the Federal member for Bennelong; So also to a copy of reply from Attorney-General's office which I received in December 2017.

As you'll be noted from the email, I've put forward in 2017 certain allegations to International Criminal Court that the LNP Government(s) under PM Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have perpetrated the crime of enslavement of asylum-seekers on Manus Island and Nauru, in the period of September 2014 to August 2018.

I am imparting this information to you because there is the likelihood that Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Executive Government will continue their silence on this matter. In any event, the Morrison Government is unlikely to give you adequate notice on its possible infractions of slavery laws.

As with John Alexander (Liberal MP), I do not require your formal reply. As an elected members of parliament, if you do have certain views to be exchange with me on this matter, please get some legal advise from the government. However, for any matter in concerns with the offshore enslavement allegations -- pro or con -- I would encourage you to directly contact the Office of the Prosecutor of ICC. A public file number has been given at this URL (http://www.aus4iccwitness.org/node/69).

In closing, I thank you for your time and wishing you the best for all your endeavours.

Yours respectfully and sincerely,
U Ne Oo.

LETTER TO JOHN ALEXANDER MP (Federal MP for Bennalong)

Dated: 6-Apr-2019
Attn: John Alexander MP

Dear John, I am U Ne Oo, the refugee supporter living in Ryde who have contacted
you in February 2017 about the asylum-seekers detained offshore by Government.
I thank you for raising that issue with the relevant ministers, which you gave me
reply letter. My notes of thanks to you for that particular action has been long
overdue. But for that action, I had actually voted you at the by-election held in
December 2017. One vote makes not much of a difference, but I still voted to you
to lend my personal support.

I write to you in order to impart certain critical information regarding the
government's offshore processing regime. I do not expect you to take further action
on this information, nor requesting you a formal reply on this matter as an elected
members of parliament. I however believe it is prudent to inform this matter to my
elected member of parliament.

As you might be aware, since I've got the reply letter back in February 2017, the
government did not make any move on this offshore refugee issue, but I keep
researching on this matter. Initially, I was intrigued about the government's
behaviour on the so-called "over-the-water" matters, which was the subject of
several Senate inquiries. Anyway, I researched further into this offshore processing
issues, which showing up an un-disputed evidence for exploitation of offshore
detainees, akin to slavery.

I therefore had filed a complaint directly to International Criminal Court in
June 2017. I am enclosing June 2017 report to ICC for your information (The Government
is aware about that action, by the way). Prior to taking this action, I have
contacted in May 2017 to the independent member, Hon. Andrew Wilkie, indicating
that the Australian Government may be in violation of the slavery laws. Recently,
I have further analysed this situation in comparison with HCA judgment on the
slavery case in Melbourne (2008). I have no doubt that the Australian Government
had violated customary international humanitarian laws on slavery, thereby
violating the Rule 94 of Geneva Convention.

As you may be aware, the slavery is universally prohibited. Therefore, those who
engage in "slavery", piracy and other special crimes are considered the enemies of
mankind. Such offences attract obligations that attach to crimes of universal
jurisdiction. As a rule jus cogens, slavery is prohibited as a peremptory norm
from which no derogation is permitted. The perpetrators of crime must have to be
brought to justice, regardless of their status.

In closing, I thank you for your efforts in representing the electorate of Bennelong.
I am wishing you well for everything in your future endeavours.

Yours sincerely,
U Ne Oo, Ryde NSW 2112
Enclosures:

Dear Senator Payne, I am U Ne Oo, now living in Ryde and the coordinator of the Network for International Protection of Refugees – a self-help and self-funded grassroots refugee rights campaign network -- focusing on the situations of refugees in Asia-Pacific region, including Australia. I've met you in Canberra parliament briefly on 2002 Senate Inquiry on Migration Zone Excision.

I am forwarding a copy of request letter to the Liberal Member Parliament for Bennelong, the Hon. John Alexander. I've made particular request that a bipartisan motions to be made to evacuate the asylum-seekers detained at Manus Island and Nauru. In the same spirit, I respectfully request you to help support such motion.

I would like to call your attention to the “Report Card” on Australian Government's scapegoating practices. In addition to my dire complaint on your government's scapegoating of the weak, I'd like to recall the statement I had made before you on July 2002. Excerpts:

“Now, here in this parliament, your very own government is using refugees and asylum seekers as pawns in its political agenda. The government exploited refugees and border protection issues to win the election. The government shows callous disregard for the lives of asylum seekers by intercepting and turning away refugee boats on the high seas. And, most importantly, the government has demonised and given inhuman treatment to refugees in order to sustain its political power. This is inhuman conduct committed on a grand scale by the Australian government, and it is much worse than what any human smugglers have done. I ask: don't you find that disturbing ? I certainly find the Australian government's conduct inhuman, despicable and disturbing.”

With your government's 4 years prolonged detention of these asylum-seekers, at the great, great expense of our tax payers, certainly is an unprecedented form of exploitation. Please, Senator, do make efforts to stop such terrible abuse.

In closing, I thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours respectfully and sincerely,
(Sd. U Ne Oo)

4. PDF copy of letter to Senator Marise Payne (NSW) 3. PDF copy of letter to John Alexander MP 2. A Post Card for Australian Prime Minister on the Operation Sovereign Border cover-ups 1. A Report Card on Australian Government Scapegoating Practices

Dear Hon. John Alexander,

I am U Ne Oo, a resident from Ryde area and I am the coordinator of the Network for International Protection of Refugees – a self-help and self-funded grassroots refugee rights campaign network -- focusing on the situations of refugees in Asia-Pacific region, including Australia. I live and work to support myself here in Sydney as a full-time sub-contract cleaner.

Firstly, I attached with this letter a REPORT-CARD and a POST-CARD dedicated for the Australian Government, of which the notes I prepared over last few months concerning with the situation of refugees in Australia. I respectfully ask your kind assistance for that two reports to be brought to the attention of the Prime Minister and your parliamentary member colleagues of the Liberal party.

Secondly, I call upon you and the Australian government's attention to the plights of asylum-seekers detained offshore for nearly four years. It is evident that these asylum-seekers are Australia's responsibility and I therefore ask Australian government to take immediate step to evacuate these asylum-seekers to Australia.

In this regards, I enclosed a combined statement being made by the 70 humanitarian organisations via Refugee Council of Australia. I emphasize that the Network for International Protection of Refugees is not part of any of those organisations. But I fully endorse their views and that, as such, I am supporting their call for a bipartisan motion to be made at the parliament to evacuate the asylum-seekers who are detained in Manus Island and Nauru.

You'll be in no doubt, I am disappointed with both LNP government and Labour Party on this refugee detention issue. As you have rightly noted on your website, every one in Australian political circle nowadays seems to be on to the race to the bottom so as to catch the bigger prize. As the recent debacle on the so-called US-Australia refugee swap deal has demonstrated, if the Australian government continues to twist the facts and ignore the truth in order to avoid Australia's responsibility, that will prone to cause even more chaos and disasters. It is time for Australian Government to do the right things re: asylum-seekers detained offshore. I ask you and your colleagues to initiate bipartisan motion to evacuate those asylum-seekers in Manus Island and Nauru.

In closing, I thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours respectfully and sincerely,
(Sd. U Ne Oo)

Copy:
1. Senator Marise Payne, Liberal Senator for NSW, Level 3, 2-12 Macquarie Street PARRAMATTA NSW 2150

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