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Subject: NEWS - Sabotage feared in tanker blast off Myanmar 

Sabotage feared in tanker blast off Myanmar 

                  BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) ? In a suspected act of
sabotage, an oil tanker belonging to Myanmar exploded while at
            anchor near the country's tense border with Thailand, police
said Monday.
                  The oil tanker exploded late Saturday just off the
Myanmar coast, one mile from Thailand. Two crewmen on the oil
            tanker died, and a cargo ship also was destroyed.
                  Thai police at the nearby port of Ranong, 290 miles
southwest of Bangkok, arrested three Myanmar nationals five
            hours after the explosion.
                  Police said the three were carrying dynamite and
traveling in a boat in Thai waters. 
                  "These people accepted that they owned the dynamite
but denied any involvement in the oil tank explosion. We are
            detaining all of them for investigation," said Maj. Gen.
Charoen Maneewong.