BURMESE DISSIDENT GROUPS IN THAILAND DENY INVOLVEMENT IN RANGOON BOMBING

Description: 

Summary: "Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7, 2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be responsible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that 128 Thai citizens attending a Thai trade fair in Rangoon had returned safely to Bangkok on May 8." End Summary.

Source/publisher: 

US Embassy, Bangkok, via Wikileaks

Date of Publication: 

2005-05-09

Date of entry: 

2011-09-07

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Language: 

English

Format: 

Size: 

Alternate URLs: