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SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS

15 October 1999

No: 10 - 14

State of Emergency Decreed in Burma

DIN, S.H.A.N.'s northern Shan State source, reported the whole country =
is under a state of emergency as decreed by Rangoon authorities since =
the raid of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok by five armed students.

For the second time during the year, Burma has undergone a state of =
emergency that began on 2 October, the day after five students fighters =
put the Burmese embassy in Thailand under siege, said DIN. "There was =
only a day interval between the first and the second. The first time, it =
started in August in anticipation of the Four Nines disturbances against =
the regime and lasted for two months until the end of September".

On 10 October, each township peace and development committee met to =
listen to the junta's version of the Bangkok siege and to plan for =
preparations against possible attack by Thailand and 'minions' (a term =
for exiled activists).

Members of the Red Cross Society, fire brigades and Union Solidarity and =
Development Association (USDA) in each township were directed to keep an =
eye on "suspicious characters and behaviors" and report to the =
authorities on any hourly basis.

///END\\\
For further information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:
Shan Herald Agency for News.
P.O. Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand
Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121
e-mail: <shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

S.H.A.N. is a non-profit making, independent Shan media group. It is not =

affiliated to any political or armed organization.


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