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THE NATION, FEBRUARY 3,1998. NGOs h
- Subject: THE NATION, FEBRUARY 3,1998. NGOs h
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 02:01:00
Politics
NGOs help in relocation
TAK authorities, in cooperation with
non-governmental organisations, Monday
relocated a group of about 200 Burmese
displaced persons away from the border to
a new shelter, Col Chatchapatr
Yaem-ngamrieb, a provincial Army chief
said yesterday.
The colonel said that the NGOs will cover
the cost of transporting about 6,000
Burmese in all from Sai Kro to the Baan
Mae Hla shelter which is in Tak's Tha Song
Yang district.
The Army believes the camps are currently
too close to the border, exposing the
Burmese to possible attacks by armed
forces.
The new shelter is about 13 kilometres from
the border while the present one is only 600
metres away, said Col Chatchapatr. With
the influx of the Burmese from Sai Kro, the
number of Burmese in Baan Mae Hla will
be about 30,000.
Meanwhile, Tha Song Yang's district chief
Weera Poetisuk said that the relocation will
take about 23 days as the authorities can
relocate only about 200 Burmese a day.
The Nation