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The letter from Office of the Narc
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- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:47:00
Subject: The letter from Office of the Narcotics Control Board of Thailand
The letter from Office of the Narcotics Control Board of Thailand to the
Editor of the Bangkok Post
Excerpts from
Information Sheet
No.B-1019 (I) 11th August, 1999
Yangon, Myanmar
Special Feature
This office is reproducing for your information the letter from
Office of the Narcotics Control Board of Thailand to the Editor of the
Bangkok Post of complaint for the mispresentation carried in the said
paper.
No.1602/
Office of the Narcotics Control Board
Din Daong Road, Phyathai District
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel/Fax 2459354
August 5, 1999
Dear Editor of the Bangkok Post,
I wish to refer to the article entitled " Rangoon's troops active in
drug trade", published in The Bangkok Post on 25th July 1999 quoting
an anonymous high ranking officer of the National Narcotics Operation
Centre as stating that "The Burmese military has played an active role
behind the UWSA's production of speed pills along our common border"
as well as other allegations about the involvement of the Armed forces
of the Union of Myanmar with narcotics destined for Thailand.
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) wishes to inform you
that such article caused the enormous misunderstanding that the Royal
Thai Government accused the Myanmar military of helping the UWSA for
illicit methamphetamine production. This leads to the tremendous
damage to the bilateral cooperation on drug control between the Royal
Thai Government and the Government of the Union of Myanmar which is
proceeding progressively on mutual understanding basis. The ONCB, as
the national narcotics control agency, has enjoyed excellent
cooperation with the Government of the Union of Myanmar through the
Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) which is the
national drug control agency of the Union of Myanmar. Both
organizations have worked closely with each other in our joint
endeavours for a common objective: the eradication of the narcotics
scourges that threatens the health and the lives of our people. It is
therefore, highly regrettable that aspersion has been casted by the
aforementioned report in your newspaper on the authorities of the
Union of Myanmar who have extended serious, sincere and positive
cooperation to the Thai authorities in our common war against
narcotics. The Royal Thai Government has placed the bilateral
cooperation with neighbouring countries on drug control as the
priority. The news that lead to the adverse effect to the national
foreign relationship should not be presented.
I do hope that The Bangkok Post will in the future verify your
information directly with the ONCB in order to present an accurate,
objective and fair reporting on this narcotics issue that would help
strengthen the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two
Governments against the drug menace.
Yours sincerely,
Payont Pantsri
Secretary-General, NCB
Editor,
The Bangkok Post,
BANGKOK