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	THAILAND REPORTED TO BE DEPORTING BURMESE MINISTERS-IN-EXILE
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		Tuesday 16 September, 1997 (6:06pm AEST)

          Thailand is likely to deport three ministers of Burma's
          government-in-exile, despite fears they will be jailed by the
          military government on their return. 

          The three ministers of the coalition government-in-exile, all
          elected MPs from Aung San Suu Kyi's Burmese Democratic
          Party, were arrested at their offices in Bangkok.

          Agence France-Presse quotes Thai immigration officials as
          saying eight Burmese were arrested as they did not have
          passports and were being held at a Bangkok detention centre.

          It's NOT known when the detainees would be deported to
          Burma.

          The government-in-exile was formed by MPs elected in
          Burma's 1990 elections -- which were won overwhelmingly
          by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, a victory which was
          disregarded by the military. 

	[ABC News, 16 Tuesday 1997].

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