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CHIN -- URGENT ACTION (r)



John Khaw Kim Thang is in custody in Rangoon. He is allowed to visit
friends and relatives once a while (presumably accompanied by security
official).

-PK

kwia@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> From: KWIA <kwia@xxxxxx>
> 
> Dear David,
> 
> Did you receive more information about the fate of John Khaw Kim Thang of
> the CNF after your call for action in august ? Was there any response to
> your call ? What was the result of the action ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kris Deckers
> 
> At 13:19 96-08-30 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >URGENT ACTION REQUIRED
> >
> >
> >The Burma Peace Foundation has recently heard, from Chin sources, that John
> >Khaw Kim Thang (Burmese name NoThan Kap), founder and former President
> >of the Chin National Front (CNF), living in Aizawl, Mizoram, India, is now in
> >the hands of the Burmese army. Since March 1988 he has had no military
> >involvement with the CNF. In 1994 and 1995 he addressed the UN Working
> >Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva.
> >
> >On 21 August he received a call asking him to go and meet Indian Intelligence.
> >On 28 August, his family received a letter from him smuggled out of Burma
> >saying that he was in the hands of the Burmese army. Indian Intelligence denies
> >all knowledge of the matter.
> >
> >Please alert the media and ask all appropriate UN officers, governments and
> >human rights organisations to ask the Burmese authorities for further
> details of
> >No Than Kap's detention and inform the Burmese authorities that his
> well-being and physical integrity are of concern to the international community.
> >
> >
> >More details follow in a few hours.
> >
> >
> >David Arnott
> >
> >30 August 1996
> >
> >
> >Burma Peace Foundation, 85, Rue de Montbrillant, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
> >Tel/Fax  (+41-22) 733 2040; Email darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >\.
> >
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