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Protest at Thai Consulate in Sydney



Attention all Media / Chief of staff/ International   / Politics
Date 30th November 1999

Re: Burmese Protest against Thai Government at  Consulate-General in Sydney

Pro-democracy activists, supporters and members of Burmese community in 
Sydney will stage protest outside Thai Consulate-General in Sydney No 131 
Macquarie Street at 12 Noon Thursday December 2, 1999, in order to express 
concern regarding the plight of Burmese workers in Thailand. Over 60'000 
thousands workers have been rounded up and deported back to the hands of 
brutal Burmese military regime among them thousands were sent to forced 
labour, torture camps, 15 women were gang raped, four including three women 
were drown in the border river. In the statement dated 12 November 1999, 
Committee Representing People's Parliament CRPP has recently appealed Thai 
government to treat these Burmese workers leniently with due humanitarian 
considerations.

A number of Burmese political prisoners are being detained in Thai prisons , 
indefinitely . Over a thousand students are put in the concentration camp. 
Recently, one student has been hospitalized after authority shot him in a 
peaceful protest. Barbed wire has been set up around the camp that supposed 
to host the student political refugees.

The protest also will call for a halt to the process to repatriate over 100, 
000 refugees currently residing at the border camps.

Protest will also call up on Thai government to review its policy of 
'Constructive Engagement', which is largely supporting the military 
dictatorship in Burma. This protest is organized by Free Burma Action 
Committee( FBAC) ; a community based campaign group for a Free Burma. This 
protest will be joined by Human rights groups, Trade Unions, Student Unions 
in Australia.

Thai Consulate - General
131 Macquarie Street Sydney
Thursday December 2 , 1999 . 12:00 Noon


Further information and media please contact :
Maung Maung Than on 0411337816 Fax 02 97378637

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