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Thai Police Arrest 16 More Burmese



Thai police arrest 16 more Myanmar students

 .c Kyodo News Service    

more pro-democracy student protesters from Myanmar who were demonstrating in
front of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, according to Police Maj. Gen.
Kongkiert Aphaivong, head of the immigration bureau. 

''They are charged with illegal entry into Thailand and will be deported
within four days,'' a police source told Kyodo News. 

Thirty student protesters have been arrested this week. The students have been
protesting for three weeks, demanding a political dialogue between pro-
democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Myanmar military government. 

The students are members of various Bangkok-based organizations, including the
All Burmese Students Democratic Front and the Overseas National Student
Organization of Burma. 

AP-NY-08-26-98 0738EDT