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              Burmese refugees write to Kofi Annan for help

New Delhi, March 17, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)

Burmese refugees have appealed to United Nations Secretary General Mr.
Kofi Annan to intervene in the difficulties they are facing in India.
The All Burmese Refugees Committee (ABRC), in a letter today, states
that the Burmese refugees living in Delhi have been facing problems and
difficulties in their stay in India and the local police has failed to
provide necessary protection for their security and lives.

The letter has narrated details of recent events where some local people
beat the refugees in Delhi for wrongly accused acts and the police
failed to give protection to the Burmese refugees.

According to the refugee committee, on 13th March, a group of local
people in Mehrauli, south Delhi, beat some Burmese refugees living in
the area, accusing the refugees of ?kidnapping? an Indian child.

The local police, instead of giving protection, beat the refugees again
both on the spot and in the police station. At least two Burmese
refugees were badly beaten, said the refugees committee. Later, the
police filed a FIR against Mr. David Ral Bik, 18, for allegedly
kidnapping the Indian child. The police sent him to Tihar Jail in Delhi
the next day.

The Burmese refugees committee denied the accusation. ?The (Indian)
child was just playing with one of our children that morning. There was
no such kidnapping?, said Mr. Mang Lian, General Secretary of the
refugees committee.

The refugees committee has allegedly that the local police force has
failed to give necessary protection to the Burmese refugees in Delhi
whenever such situation arises.

At present, there are nearly one thousand refugees from Burma living in
Delhi. Most of them are Chin nationals from Burma. The All Burmese
Refugees Committee (India), one of the refugees? groupings, has appealed
to the UN Secretary General to intervene in the matters relating to the
Burmese refugees in India to ease their hardship and problems.



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<center><b><font size=+2>Burmese refugees write to Kofi Annan for help</font></b></center>

<p><font color="#CC0000"><font size=+1>New Delhi, March 17, 2001</font></font>
<br><font color="#CC0000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group (<a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>www.mizzima.com</a>)</font></font>
<p><font size=+1>Burmese refugees have appealed to United Nations Secretary
General Mr. Kofi Annan to intervene in the difficulties they are facing
in India. The All Burmese Refugees Committee (ABRC), in a letter today,
states that the Burmese refugees living in Delhi have been facing problems
and difficulties in their stay in India and the local police has failed
to provide necessary protection for their security and lives.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The letter has narrated details of recent events where
some local people beat the refugees in Delhi for wrongly accused acts and
the police failed to give protection to the Burmese refugees.</font>
<p><font size=+1>According to the refugee committee, on 13th March, a group
of local people in Mehrauli, south Delhi, beat some Burmese refugees living
in the area, accusing the refugees of ?kidnapping? an Indian child.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The local police, instead of giving protection, beat the
refugees again both on the spot and in the police station. At least two
Burmese refugees were badly beaten, said the refugees committee. Later,
the police filed a FIR against Mr. David Ral Bik, 18, for allegedly kidnapping
the Indian child. The police sent him to Tihar Jail in Delhi the next day.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The Burmese refugees committee denied the accusation.
?The (Indian) child was just playing with one of our children that morning.
There was no such kidnapping?, said Mr. Mang Lian, General Secretary of
the refugees committee.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The refugees committee has allegedly that the local police
force has failed to give necessary protection to the Burmese refugees in
Delhi whenever such situation arises.</font>
<p><font size=+1>At present, there are nearly one thousand refugees from
Burma living in Delhi. Most of them are Chin nationals from Burma. The
All Burmese Refugees Committee (India), one of the refugees? groupings,
has appealed to the UN Secretary General to intervene in the matters relating
to the Burmese refugees in India to ease their hardship and problems.</font>
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