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Bkk post - Brawl marks end of Lent



Reply-To: "TIN KYI" <tinkyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bangkok Post - Oct 26, 1999.
MANEELOY CAMP
Brawl marks end of Lent

One Burmese student was seriously hurt and two sustained minor injuries in a
clash involving 100 students and Mon exiles near Maneeloy camp in Ratchaburi
on Sunday night.

The clash came after the Burmese and Mon slipped out of the camp at 7.30pm
and went to a saloon to celebrate the end of Lent. Police ended the fighting
and took the feuding exiles back to the camp.

The violent incident was the second in a week involving Burmese students at
Maneeloy, run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Earlier,
some students took five UN officials hostage to demand their allowance.

Governor Komet Daengthongdee of Ratchaburi said the camp was not properly
fenced. The UN agency was said to be reluctant to seal off the camp because
it did not want it to appear the facility was a place of detention.