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BURMESE STUDENTS STAGE STIR



>From "Ken and Visakha Kawasaki" <brelief@xxxxxxx> at Global OnLine Japan
           Date: 4 Dec 1997 01:39:20 GMT
           Newsgroups: soc.culture.burma soc.culture.thai





                  BURMESE STUDENTS STAGE STIR
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           New Delhi December 2

           Members  of the All  Burma Students League  (ABSL) staged a
           demonstration  in  front of  the  Embassy of  Thailand this
           morning  to  register  their  protest  against  the  recent
           killings  of five  Karen refugees,   allegedly by  the Thai
           army.

           The  students also protested against the reported arrest of
           20 Burmese dissidents by the army.

           The  refugees who had fled to Thailand were forced to do so
           because  of the  suffering and  torture perpetrated  by the
           Military  Junta in  Burma,  the  agitating students pointed
           out.

           The agitators appealed to the Government of Thailand not to
           support  the  military  Government  in  Burma.   Since  the
           Government  in Thailand is  democratically elected one,  it
           should  not support a regime  which survives and thrives on
           force.

           The  Burmese military regime instead  of ushering in an era
           of  economic development  in the country  is oppressing the
           people of Burma and perpetuating the evils of forced labour
           and drug trafficking, the students alleged.

           They  urged the Thai Government to think long term and stop
           co-operating with the military regime in Burma.

           THE NEWS FORM THE HINDU

           News and Information Bureau, All Burma Students League

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