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Urgent Search for a Pipeline Witnes



This just posted by the FBC -- urgent attention requested!

March 19, 1998

Dear Fellow Free Burma Supporters:

We have just received a note from a colleague who is working on the oil
campaign.  Without editorializing, we are posting this important equest to
you.  

Thank you.
FBC


MOST IMPORTANT

THERE IS A PLAN TO BRING SUIT AGAINST PPT AND THE THAI GOVERNMENT OVER THE
ABUSES BROUGHT ABOUT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIPELINE.  WHAT IS MOST
DESIRED IS THAT WE HAVE A WILLING WITNESS, ONE WILLING TO HAVE HIS/HER NAME
PRESENTED IN A THAI COURT.  THIS WITNESS MUST HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.  THAT IS, THIS PERSON WAS FORCED TO MOVE TO
THE THAI SIDE OF THE BURMA/THAI BORDER.  TO USE AN ILLEGAL HERE WOULDN'T
WORK FOR THE VERY FACT THAT THEY ARE ILLEGAL.  THE LAWYERS ARE LOOKING FOR
A MON, KAREN, OR ANYONE AFFECTED BY THE PUSH TO BUILD THE PIPELINE AND WHO
SPEAK FREELY WITH OUT THE INCUMBERANCE OF BEING ILLEGAL.  IT IS NECESSARY
THAT THE MOVEMENT OF THIS PERSON OUT OF BURMA WAS DUE TO PIPELINE ACTIVITY.
THE TRICK OF ALL THIS IS THAT WE NEED A NAME WITHIN THE NEXT 4-5 DAYS AS
THE LAWSUIT HAS TO BE FILED VERY SOON.  

ON BEHALF OF SULAK AND THOSE PRESENTING THE CASE, I AM ASKING THAT A SEARCH
OF PROMISING FOLKS BE MADE AND THAT INFORMATION BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO PED
AT E-MAIL <pipob@xxxxxxxxxx>. HIS PHONE NUMBER IN THAILAND IS 034 515 106.



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