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ABSDF (Press Release)
Date July 12,1997
Thai Arrest 10 Burmese Students at
TAMHIM Refugee Camp
On July 9,1997 Thailand's 9th Army
Division arrested 10 ABSDF students
at TAMHIM Refugee Camp in Thailand's
Ratchburi district.
10 students were among a group of 22
who had been arrested by the Thai
authorities on April 12, 1997 for
entering Thailand illegally.At the
time of arrest,they were on their way
to Bo Wi refugee camp on the Thai-Burma
border in order to escape the Slorc
offensive against the KNU's 4th Brigade.
On July9,1997 the 10 students were
released from the Ratchburi Police
jail after serving their sentence.
They were set free near TAMHIM refugee
camp.Afew hour later the army arrested
within the camp.
The 22 students who were arrested on
April 12 were beaten at by the army
and their belnogings confiscated.Five
of them were released on July 4,and
another hatch of 15 students were
released a day later.Ten of them went
back to the refugee camp where they were
subsequently arrested.
The students are refugees fleeing the
fighting and they were returning to the
refugee camp because they had nowhere
else to go.
TAMHIM is a large camp with a population
of over 7,500. The Thai authorities have
restricted the movement of the refugee since
the beginning of last month.
All Burma Students' Democratic Front(ABSDF)
For more information please contact - 01-654 4984,
01-923 1687