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Burma rebels deny charges of heroin smuggling
Aizawl, July 31, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
A Burma rebels group today denies a newspaper report that accused the
outfit of doing heroin smuggling from the Golden Triangle through
Mizoram border. Mr. Sui Khar, spokesperson of the Chin National Front
(CNF) told Mizzima News Group that his organization is not involved in
any arms and drug trafficking activities in the Indo-Burma border areas.
Citing the official sources in Mizoram government?s Excise Department,
the news report recently said that trafficking in heroin by Burma rebels
from neighbouring Burma to Mizoram has increased this year and there are
evidence that militants belonging to Chin National Army (CNA), an armed
wing of CNF are involved in the trafficking. The report that appeared on
a daily published from Guwahati on July 18 pointed out an arrest of a
Burmese national suspected to be a CNF member while smuggling of heroin.
?Yes, in the first week of June, a Chin national, Tial Kulh Thang, was
arrested outside Aizawl with arms. But he is an ex-CNF member. He ceased
to be a member of CNF since December 1992?, said Mr. Sui Khar.
?Our organization has an official policy of fighting against drugs. We
even do anti-alcohol and anti-drug activities inside Chin State?, he
added.
The Chin National Front (CNF) is one of the armed groups, which remain
fighting against the military junta in Burma and believed to have bases
along India-Burma border areas.
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<p><i><font color="#FF9900">Aizawl, July 31, 2001</font></i>
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<p>A Burma rebels group today denies a newspaper report that accused the
outfit of doing heroin smuggling from the Golden Triangle through Mizoram
border. Mr. Sui Khar, spokesperson of the Chin National Front (CNF) told
Mizzima News Group that his organization is not involved in any arms and
drug trafficking activities in the Indo-Burma border areas.
<p>Citing the official sources in Mizoram government?s Excise Department,
the news report recently said that trafficking in heroin by Burma rebels
from neighbouring Burma to Mizoram has increased this year and there are
evidence that militants belonging to Chin National Army (CNA), an armed
wing of CNF are involved in the trafficking. The report that appeared on
a daily published from Guwahati on July 18 pointed out an arrest of a Burmese
national suspected to be a CNF member while smuggling of heroin.
<p>?Yes, in the first week of June, a Chin national, Tial Kulh Thang, was
arrested outside Aizawl with arms. But he is an ex-CNF member. He ceased
to be a member of CNF since December 1992?, said Mr. Sui Khar.
<p>?Our organization has an official policy of fighting against drugs.
We even do anti-alcohol and anti-drug activities inside Chin State?, he
added.
<p>The Chin National Front (CNF) is one of the armed groups, which remain
fighting against the military junta in Burma and believed to have bases
along India-Burma border areas.
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