Thailand reported to have detained

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	THAILAND REPORTED TO HAVE DETAINED BURMESE DISSIDENTS
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		(Tuesday 16 September, 1997 (3:09am AEST))


          Thai authorities are reported to have detained three ministers
          of the Burmese government-in-exile after a raid on the
          group's offices in Bangkok.

          Dissident sources claim the three ministers of the National
          Coalition Government of the Union of Burma were all MPs
          elected in the elections held in Burma in 1990.

          They say Thai authorities raided two coalition offices in
          Bangkok and took 13 people to an immigration detention
          centre.

          All were believed to have overstayed visas or entered
          Thailand illegally.

	[ABC News, 16 Tuesday 1997]

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