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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