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Bangkok Post(12/7/99) (r)



Regarding the article BKK Post....

Also there are many incidents that suggests Burmese Embassy's military
intelligent personals are actively operating in Bangkok,the heart of the
Thai soil to intimidate Burmese dssidents here.Is this all happening by its
own right( the military intellence) or by the support of its local counter
parts? Why not happening in UK or Aust etc.
Is this whole sanario interprets as Myanmar military rulers interfere Thai
Land's internal affairs or what else?
Thai Land get smart and stop being thick.

The country call Thai Land is going to be here for a long long time and we
want to see yourface proud.Think about it.

Please convey this message to BKK Post Editorial,Thanks

Benyapanyoma,Syd 

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> From: CCT <mandalay@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Bangkok Post(12/7/99)
> Date: Monday, 12 July 1999 15:12
> 
> Policy on Burma needs a rethink
> 
> Bravo to the Bangkok Post for its straight-forward and hard-hitting
> editorial, "Asean fails to engage Rangoon", on July 11.
> 
> It's about time the Thai Foreign Ministry and the rest of the Thai
> government faced the facts-their policy of engagement with the SPDC
> dictatorship in Burma has been a total failure. This policy has caused
> Thailand to lose credibility on the world stage as a country that cares
> about human rights and democracy.
> 
> The Burmese junta has taken advantage of Thai compromises to invade Thai
> territory and shoot up border police checkpoints, kill Thai villagers,
and
> flood the country with cheap amphetamines. These are hardly the actions
of
> a friend.
> 
> Meanwhile, the Thai government's response has been weak, bending over
> backward to help the Burmese junta escape the criticism it so richly
deserves.
> 
> In the last week of May, the Foreign Ministry and the Labour Ministry did
> the bidding of Rangoon's generals by banning an international labour
union
> conference on Burma from being held in Bangkok-violating the freedom of
> association clauses in the Thai constitution in the process. The EU
> ministers in town at that time correctly criticised this violation of
basic
> human rights.
> 
> Then in June, the Thai government delegates at the ILO meeting in Geneva
> took the lead in actively lobbying other governments not to sanction
> Rangoon for its appalling and continuous use of forced labour, a modern

> form of slavery. This is despite the fact that the ILO has produced
> hundreds of pages of meticulously documented evidence of forced labour
and
> forced portering required by the Burmese army.
> 
> The Thai effort at the ILO was strongly defeated, leaving Thailand once
> again looking foolish, stuck making excuses to an international audience
> for the brutal behaviour of Burma's generals against their people. What
did
> the Thai government receive to compensate for its international loss of
> face and reputation?
> 
> When is the Thai government going to wake up and smell the coffee?
Someone
> should tell them: "You're being played for fools by the SPDC"
> 
> The Ministry of Education's basic curriculum still teaches the exploits
of
> King Thaksin in rallying the Thai people to resist Burmese army
aggression
> in the 18th century. Maybe foreign ministry staff need to go back to
school
> and re-learn what worked historically with the Burmese army-strength and
> 
> determination, not bowing to intimidation. That means standing up for
> principles and defending national sovereignty, not making excuses for a
> brutal military dictatorship and promoting a constructive engagement that
> only benefits corrupt politicians and Thai army officers with interests
in
> trading logs and gems.
> 
> The Bangkok Post editorial offered two good starting points for a new
Thai
> policy towards Burma's generals. The time is long overdue for a serious
> re-think of the failed engagement policy with Burma.
> 
> A labour observer
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Rebel forces kill seven pro-Rangoon soldiers
> 300 Thais forced to flee border fighting
> 
> 
> Supamart Kasem
> Tak
> 
> 
> Seven soldiers of the pro-Rangoon Democratic Karen Buddhist Army were
> reported killed and four other people injured during an attack by rival
> Karen National Union forces on their strongholds in Burma opposite Phop
> Phra district.
> 
> During the fighting, more than 300 people living in a nearby Thai border
> village fled their homes after a mortar shell landed on the house of a
> former local leader. 
> 
> A border official said the battle between about 100 anti-Rangoon KNU
troops
> and about 150 DKBA soldiers took place after the KNU ambushed several
DKBA
> camps opposite Waleh village about 4am Saturday.
> 
> The KNU guerrillas pulled back after more than two hours of fighting.
> 
> The conflict claimed the lives of seven DKBA troops and four other
Karens.
> 
> A girl was also injured.
> 
> During the battle, about 300 Thais living in tambon Waleh sought shelter
> well away from the village after a mortar shell landed on the roof of a
> house owned by former kamnan Prayoon Putsa. 
> 
> Thai security forces did not respond as they considered the explosion an
> accident, according to a source.
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