DAY TWO: 6th Feb 2007 Tuesday
War Criminal Conference & Exhibition
[Dewan Merdeka, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur]
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SESSION 3: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION USED IN WARS
Questions and Answers with Panel Speakers - Session 3
 
Q1: Teh Ni Jue - writer/church worker
Wants to know what to do to stop these atrocities- instead of just attending peace conferences
A1: Everyone should do what they do best -write to the papers, vote for the those who are against war, read, educate yourself and children.
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Q2: Musafir Kelana - UUM - Indonesian
What should be done to create humans who can conserve and create peace?
A2: A2 - Get people to listen to you
Enjoy it - what you do to protest against war. Write protest songs
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Q3. Mohd Hanif Abd - After bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was post traumatic disorder - How did the people over come this?
A3:
  • In 1954 - big nuclear bomb protest - Big Protest movement
  • 1955 - protest against bombs - survivors were invited
  • 1956 - established own association to rescue survivors.
  • Found their own direction to move on.
  • Young people have forgotten the disaster - every year - a memorial is held .
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Q4. All nations should adopt Art 9 of Japan - Request to Dr Busby for copy of song
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Q5. Nail bombs were used in Iraq - There were many bullets - water levels are very close to surface? Will this contaminate the water in Iraq?
A5. Yes. Water is contaminated but not for long - several hundred years before it disappears. This has also happened in Lebanon.