Travellers advised not to cross ill (r)

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Subject: Re: Travellers advised not to cross illegally into Burma

---  Okkar   <okkar66129@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How the lives of the ordinary people become
> difficult because of the terrorists.
> 
> ok 
> --

Because of THE SPDC terrorising the people. -:)

> On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:41:12   shwenanda wrote:
> 
> <<Travellers advised not to cross illegally into
> Burma
> Chiang Rai
> Thais were warned against making illegal crossings
> into Burma through the Mae Sai border pass on its
> third day of closure. 
> Burma shut its side of major border passes,
> including the Tachilek pass opposite Chiang Rai, on
> news of the Burmese embassy hostage stand-off which
> ended peacefully on Saturday.
> Security reasons were cited for the temporary
> closure and the authorities have told Thais not to
> attempt illegal crossings or risk severe punishment
> from Rangoon.
> Orders from the Burmese authorities to seal the
> border came on Friday afternoon, hours after the
> hostage crisis broke out.
> Some 1,000 additional Burmese soldiers have since
> been dispatched to police the border channel.
> Trans-border trade has been suspended and the
> provincial chamber of commerce foresaw no immediate
> repercussion on commercial activities. 
> Pol Maj-Gen Seri Sukpetch, head of Chiang Rai
> police, said it was unclear at this point when Burma
> would resume the border link.
> The police also stepped up its border patrols for
> the sake of peace and order, although there was no
> record of Burmese students ever staging anti-Rangoon
> movements in the province.>>
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