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Bangkok post - Nov 18, 1999.
THAI-BURMESE RELATIONS
Camp to be rid of trouble-makers
Unruly exiles will be kept at police school



Trouble-making Burmese students at the Maneeloy holding centre will be =
separated from the rest and detained at the police private school in =
Bang Khen, an Interior Ministry source said yesterday.

Security at the camp in Ratchaburi province was stepped up and students =
were banned from leaving the centre without permission. Officials also =
speeded up the installation of barbed wire around the camp.

Two incidents took place on Tuesday night involving Burmese student =
exiles from the camp, according to reports from camp authorities.

In one, a student was shot and wounded after he allegedly stole a duck =
from a villager. He is now being held on a theft charge.

The shooter surrendered to police and applied for bail, while the =
wounded student is still in hospital.

In another incident, village defence volunteers fired two rounds into =
the air after a scuffle with students who refused to be searched. The =
volunteers demanded a search after seeing one with a gun, which turned =
out to be a toy.

Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said the scuffle between Burmese students =
and volunteers resulted from more stringent controls on the students' =
movements.

The students might not yet be used to the stricter measures, he said.

In Nakhon Si Thammarat, Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan stressed that =
the Burmese students were living in Thailand because of the mercy of its =
people and the international community.

The Foreign Ministry's international organisations department chief, =
Surapong Posayanond, is to hold talks with the representative of the =
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees very soon, he said.

The UNHCR assists about 1,000 Burmese refugees living at Maneeloy.

"If these [Burmese] people do not want to settle down and get prosperous =
or further their education in a third country, they will have to stay =
put in the holding centre without causing further disturbance to their =
hosts, particularly Thai officials," Mr Surin said.

He said such problems would lead to quicker processing of Burmese =
refugees seeking resettlement in a third country.

Sources said most of the 1,000 Burmese exiles at Maneeloy had registered =
for third-country resettlement. But there remain an additional 1,700 =
Burmese refugees waiting to be processed.=20


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<P><FONT size=3D+2><B>T</B></FONT>rouble-making Burmese students at the =
Maneeloy=20
holding centre will be separated from the rest and detained at the =
police=20
private school in Bang Khen, an Interior Ministry source said =
yesterday.</P>
<P>Security at the camp in Ratchaburi province was stepped up and =
students were=20
banned from leaving the centre without permission. Officials also =
speeded up the=20
installation of barbed wire around the camp.</P>
<P>Two incidents took place on Tuesday night involving Burmese student =
exiles=20
from the camp, according to reports from camp authorities.</P>
<P>In one, a student was shot and wounded after he allegedly stole a =
duck from a=20
villager. He is now being held on a theft charge.</P>
<P>The shooter surrendered to police and applied for bail, while the =
wounded=20
student is still in hospital.</P>
<P>In another incident, village defence volunteers fired two rounds into =
the air=20
after a scuffle with students who refused to be searched. The volunteers =

demanded a search after seeing one with a gun, which turned out to be a =
toy.</P>
<P>Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said the scuffle between Burmese =
students and=20
volunteers resulted from more stringent controls on the students' =
movements.</P>
<P>The students might not yet be used to the stricter measures, he =
said.</P>
<P>In Nakhon Si Thammarat, Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan stressed that =
the=20
Burmese students were living in Thailand because of the mercy of its =
people and=20
the international community.</P>
<P>The Foreign Ministry's international organisations department chief, =
Surapong=20
Posayanond, is to hold talks with the representative of the United =
Nations High=20
Commissioner for Refugees very soon, he said.</P>
<P>The UNHCR assists about 1,000 Burmese refugees living at =
Maneeloy.</P>
<P>"If these [Burmese] people do not want to settle down and get =
prosperous or=20
further their education in a third country, they will have to stay put =
in the=20
holding centre without causing further disturbance to their hosts, =
particularly=20
Thai officials," Mr Surin said.</P>
<P>He said such problems would lead to quicker processing of Burmese =
refugees=20
seeking resettlement in a third country.</P>
<P>Sources said most of the 1,000 Burmese exiles at Maneeloy had =
registered for=20
third-country resettlement. But there remain an additional 1,700 Burmese =

refugees waiting to be processed. </P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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