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Subject:	Re: Filipinos held in Myanmar said they treated well
>From:	warthawg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:49:58 GMT

In article <6qtr8l$6p7$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
  soba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Excerpts from Reuters
>

 They were Filipino ? I thought they were Americans from American
 University in Washington D.C. ?
 Anyway they were stupid for doing such a retarded thing, I hope
 they get Cained ! or is it Kained ?
> Filipinos held in Myanmar said they treated well
> 12:07 a.m. Aug 12, 1998 Eastern
>
> MANILA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Wednesday pressed for
> the release of two Filipino activists held in Myanmar, and the pair
> told diplomats allowed to see them that Yangon's police were treating
> them well.
>
> President Joseph Estrada, in a statement released by the Foreign
> Office, expressed ``deep concern'' over the detention of the two
> Filipinos, who were among 18 foreign activists detained on Sunday by
> the Myanmar police.
>
> ``I request the government of Myanmar to respect the rights of the two
> Filipinos and ensure their safety and humane treatment,'' Estrada
> said.
>
> ``I also enjoin the concerned authorities to release them accordingly
> as warranted by the situation,'' he added.
>
> Philippine ambassador Sonia Brady said in a report to Manila the
> Filipinos ``were in good health and they admitted being treated
> well.''
>
> Brady was allowed by Myanmar officials to visit the pair on Tuesday
> for the first time since their detention on Sunday.
>
> The detentions took place after foreign activists handed out leaflets
> at prominent tourist sites across Yangon calling on
> Myanmar's citizens to remember a 1988 .
>
> Philippine diplomats said Myanmar appeared to be in a quandary over
> what to do with the activists.
>
> ``They can them deport them right away to prevent this from becoming
> an international diplomatic issue,'' one diplomat said.
>
> ``But if they deport them right away, this might send a wrong message,
> like, 'we are letting these people go after coming here and violating
> our laws and making a fool of us','' the diplomat, asking not to be
> identified, told Reuters.
>
>