[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index ][Thread Index ]

THE NATION, FEBRUARY 3,1998. NGOs h



Politics 

      NGOs help in relocation

      TAK authorities, in cooperation with
      non-governmental organisations, Monday
      relocated a group of about 200 Burmese
      displaced persons away from the border to
      a new shelter, Col Chatchapatr
      Yaem-ngamrieb, a provincial Army chief
      said yesterday. 

      The colonel said that the NGOs will cover
      the cost of transporting about 6,000
      Burmese in all from Sai Kro to the Baan
      Mae Hla shelter which is in Tak's Tha Song
      Yang district. 

      The Army believes the camps are currently
      too close to the border, exposing the
      Burmese to possible attacks by armed
      forces. 

      The new shelter is about 13 kilometres from
      the border while the present one is only 600
      metres away, said Col Chatchapatr. With
      the influx of the Burmese from Sai Kro, the
      number of Burmese in Baan Mae Hla will
      be about 30,000. 

      Meanwhile, Tha Song Yang's district chief
      Weera Poetisuk said that the relocation will
      take about 23 days as the authorities can
      relocate only about 200 Burmese a day. 

      The Nation