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Subject: NEWS - Thai Angler Shot Dead By A Burmese Patrol Boat

The Nation - December 26, 1999

Thai Angler Shot Dead By A Burmese Patrol Boat
 
RANONG -- A Burmese patrol boat shot dead a Thai angler in Thai
territorial waters on Friday, police said yesterday. 
 
Bunlang Udomsak was fishing from his boat with younger brother,
Assavadej Udomsak, and a friend, Somchai Sriyaem, near Noppaket Island
in Muang district when he was shot dead. 
 
Assavadej said he and Bunlang had been fishing with rods when the patrol
boat came close and opened fire on them without asking any questions. 
 
Assavadej and Somchai said they were certain that they had been fishing
in Thai waters in the Andaman Sea and had not fled when they saw the
patrol boat approaching.