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Information Sheet No. A-0038



                     Information Sheet
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No. A-0038							Date. 5 - 5- 97

	Some members of the KNU- Kayin  National Union ( the 
last remaining outlawed organization ) forcibly stopped a 
passenger ferry boat plying between Myeik and Taninthayee 
on the 1st of May ? 97 by using firearms.The personal properties 
of the passengers were robbed and (11) persons including the 
boat owner, (3) civil servants and  (7) other passengers were 
taken away as hostages and ransom were demanded for the 
release of  (11) persons, it is learnt.

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