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Bangkok Post - Sep 2, 1999.
Burmese exiles stir up support for rally

More than 100 exiled Burmese students rallied outside their embassy
yesterday to support calls for a mass uprising next month against the
country's military rulers.

The National Students League vowed to stage a sit-in outside the embassy
until Sept 9, the date of the planned uprising.

The protesters were closely monitored by authorities as they carried
placards and shouted anti-junta slogans in a vocal but peaceful
demonstration. Exiled pro-democracy activist groups in Bangkok have been
calling for a mass uprising against the junta on Sept 9, or 9/9/99, a day of
numerical significance for many Burmese. On Aug 8, 1988, or 8/8/88, hundreds
of pro-democracy demonstrators were gunned down and a junta took power.-AFP

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Rangoon to look into renegade raid
Bhanravee Tansubhapol

Burma has ordered an investigation into a weekend attack on a Thai border
village by guerrillas of the pro-Rangoon Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, the
Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

Surin Pitsuwan, the foreign minister, was yesterday informed of the order
given by Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, first secretary of the ruling State Peace and
Development Council. The information came in a letter from Mr Surin's
Burmese counterpart Win Aung, which was delivered by Burmese Ambassador Hla
Maung.

A Thai shopowner was wounded in the attack over the weekend by an estimated
20 guerrillas who crossed the border into Ban Rai Don Chai, tambon Mae Dao
of Mae Sot district.