Statement regarding attack on the H

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                Muslim Liberation Organization of  Burma
        Statement regarding attack on the Huay kaloke refugee camp

We,  on behalf of the Muslim Liberation Organization of Burma , strongly
condemn
the SLORC( now SPDC)/ DKBA attack on March 11, 1998 against Huay Kaloke
refugee camp in Maesot township which has been a mere shelter to about
10000  poor refugees who were forced  to leave their homes and hearth due
to the  50 year-long  civil war and inhumane brutalities committed  against
innocent civilians since 1962, by the Ne Win- led socialist army,  known
again as Slorc army and  now as SPDC army.

 About 250 attackers, a combined force of SPDC and the Democratic Kayin
Buddhist Army (DKBA) killed 3, wounded more than 40 refugees and burnt down
more than 1400 houses  on the soil of Thailand making 8769 refugees
homeless.

 We count it as an inhumane act of violence  against poor and unarmed
civilians and a serious violation of the sovereignty of Thailand.

 We would like to demand the SLORC/ SPDC regime to immediately stop all
heinous acts and inhumane brutalities against all Burmese nationalities,
respect sovereignty of neighbouring countries and try to engage in dialogue
with ethnic nationalities  and with the National League for Democracy (NLD)
in order to bring about national reconciliation and to solve Burma's long
standing political problems by political means.

 Central Executive Committee,
 Muslim Liberation Organization of Burma.         March,13, 1998.