Thai soldier kill a refugee on the

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According to a reliable source, a Karen refugee man returning to the
Maw-Ker refugee camp (south of Maesod in Tak province) in the evening of
yesterdy, March 15, 1998, was beaten to death by Thai soldiers guarding the
camp.

The name of the refugee beaten to death  was Nyan Lin (32 years) and his
wife is Cherry(21). Yesterday, a military officer came to her and gave
20,000 baht as compensation and said her husband had violated the curfew
and both he and the Thai soldiers who beat him to death were wrong. 

It is said that no criminal action was taken against the soldiers.

The camp has been under curfew from dusk to dawn, since Huay Kaloke refugee
camp came under attack on the morning of March 11. The victim came back to
the camp after 6 pm, which was during the curfew hours. He was coming  back
to see his wife who had just delivered a baby.