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shooting at Nobo Refugee Camp
- Subject: shooting at Nobo Refugee Camp
- From: ftubus1@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:15:00
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>Thai Security Personnel Fire on Refugees at Nobo Refugee Camp
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>Around 10:10 pm on January 12 (Monday), a group of Thai security personnel
>came into Nobo Refugee camp in Tak Province and, using M-16s, shot at
>several refugees who were about to go out of the camp.
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>The attack seriously wounded Saw Ru, 27, son of Saw Pho Lu and Naw Aku, who
>resides in the No. 2 Quarter of the Nobo Refugee Camp. Saw Ru was shot on
>his right thigh.
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>From the very beginning, the Nobo Refugee Camp has been fenced in and the
>Thai Army runs under strict controls. Camp residents complain about living
>in a prison-like camp.
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>On January 6, the Thai camp security caught 28 Muslims from No. 11 and No.
>12 Quarters working in areas out the camp. As a punishment, all of them
>were made to dig trenches, build barracks, and cut down bamboo trees.
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>The camp security forces have also been making refugees volunteer for work
>on different projects. Christians in the camp complain of being forced to
>work particularly on weekends when it was time for them to go to Church.
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