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Kyodo News-Myanmar envoy lies China



Subject: Kyodo News-Myanmar envoy lies China building base near India

TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo News
Myanmar envoy denies China building base near India

     Myanmar Ambassador to Japan Khin Maung Thein denied Friday that
China is constructing or helping Myanmar construct naval facilities
on Myanmar territory facing India on the Bay of Bengal.
     Khin Maung Thein, a former air force pilot before becoming a 
diplomat two years ago, accused neighboring India of making such an 
allegation to further its national interest.