BKK POST: Shans take refuge near

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February 22, 1998


                                      



                           BORDER RELATIONS

              Shans take refuge
              near Thai border

              Mae Hong Son

              More than 600 Shans have taken refuge near the border after
              they fled fighting in Burma.

              The refugees began to arrive at Ban Pang Yone, Bang Mapa on
              Tuesday in the aftermath of a spate of clashes between Burmese
              government troops and Shan and Wa rebels.

              Sources said two Burmese soldiers were killed and one injured
              when the rebels attacked a government outpost about three
              kilometres from Homong, the capital of Shan state, on February
              11.

              The sources said leaflets were distributed in Homong on
              February 7 by the Shan rebels demanding protection fees from
              cross-border traders.

              A pick-up truck will be charged 8,000 baht and a six-wheel
              truck, 12,000-16,000 baht, for entering or leaving Shan state.

              Three days afterwards the sources said Burmese administrators
              in Shan state summoned a meeting with traders in Homong.

              The traders were warned that they would face punishment if they
              paid protection fees to the rebels. 




                                      




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