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

Bkkpost-Bang Ron reported to be wit



Subject: Bkkpost-Bang Ron reported to be with Red Wa Army

Bang Ron reported to be with Red Wa Army
Chettha says Burma wants to return him

Wassana Nanuam

Thai fugitive and alleged drug dealer Surachai Ngernthongfoo is now
reportedly with the Red Wa Army.

Former army commander-in-chief Gen Chettha Thanajaro said the Burmese
military government had traced him and was now seeking to return him to
Thailand.

Gen Chettha, who is Interior Minister Sanan Kachornprasart's adviser on
security, said the Burmese military was negotiating with the Red Wa Army.

Mr Surachai, alias Bang Ron, was being held in the 361st Red Wa's stronghold
opposite northern Thailand.

The former army chief added he had accepted an invitation to visit Burma in
April.

Meanwhile, army commander-in-chief Gen Surayud Chulanont, who is scheduled
to pay an official visit to Burma in February, said he had ordered all army
units on the Thai-Burmese border to ready themselves for Rangoon's dry
season crackdown on minority groups.