SLORC attack on Thai soil

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Burmese Relief Center--Japan
DATE:February 26, 1995
TIME: 2:01PM JST
SUBJ:SLORC attack on Thai soil

>From ABSDF
ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC
FRONT CENTRAL COMMITTEE
HEADQUARTERS

The statement of the ABSDF against the perpetrators
of the recent atrocious crime on Thai soil

The 23rd February, 1995 refugees from Mae Go Hta
south of Mae Sam Lap (Mae Sariang District) were
moving to the new camp, Mae Taw Hla, a safer place
inside Thailand.  They were transported by DYNA
trucks.  However, while they were traveling, the first
car was attacked by approximately twenty soldiers
with M-79 launchers and small arms.  As a result, two
Karen women--one an expectant mother, (they were
sitting in the front) and the driver, a Thai national,
were killed on the spot.  Six children under nine years
old were also wounded.

The question to consider is, who were the perpetrators
of this atrocious crime on Thai soil.  What is clear is
that such a sorrowful event had never occurred before
the fall of Manerplaw.  This latest atrocity has its roots
in the SLORC invasion of Manerplaw assisted by the
DKBO.  Following this incursion, they seized Wan
Kha (Kaw Mu Ra) and even raised the flag of the
DKBO there.  Then, a few days ago, Mahn Yin Sein, a
KNU leader was kidnaped by the DKBO on Thai
territory.  In any event, these incidents can be traced
back to the SLORC and their lackeys in the DKBO.

Another serious matter here is that one of the victims in
this most recent brutal assault is that a Thai national
was killed on his own land by a foreign power.  This
represents a grave challenge to Thai sovereignty. 
Moreover, this also raises the issue of national security. 
The SLORC do not seem to respect national
boundaries, and they will undoubtedly continue if they
are allowed to operate unchecked.  If such incidents
are allowed to occur, the thousands of refugees already
living on the Thai-Burmese border will be vulnerable. 
Furthermore, refugees will be forced to flee further
inside Thailand.  Such an exodus is invariably
problematic, both to the refugees and to the Thai
authorities, thus creating instability, an undesirable
situation on all accounts.

ABSDF strongly object to this brutal and unlawful act
committed by the SLORC on Thai soil.  And request to
the international community to denounce the SLORC
and to take serious and decisive action against such
abuses.

Date, February 24, 1995