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Bangkok Post News (12199)




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1):US congressman to meet Suu Kyi and junta leaders
2):Burmese aid sought in arrest of drug lord
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1):US congressman to meet Suu Kyi and junta leaders

United States congressman Mr Tony Hall said yesterday he will meet Burma
opposition leader Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi as well as junta officials over the
next few days to assess the human rights situation in the military state.
Speaking after talks with Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan, Mr Hall
said he reserved judgement on the plight of the Burmese people until he
heard both sides of the bitter political divide in Rangoon.
The US has imposed harsh trade bans on the junta, citing evidence of
ongoing human rights abuses such as forced labour and the presence of
political prosoner.
Mr. Hall said he would also visit Laos to discuss issues such as drug
trafficking and the continuing work to recover the remains of US soldiers
reported missing during the Vietnam War.
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2):Burmese aid sought in arrest of drug lord

Amphetamine tablet smuggling planned
Thailand will asked for help from Burma in arresting drug lord Woei Sia
Kang following reports that his gang is planning to smuggle more than 200
million amphetamine tablets into Thailand.
Sorasit Saengprasert, deputy secretary-general Office of Narcotics Control
Board (ONCB), yesterday said he would raise the issue with Burmese
authorities during a two-day meeting in Burma's Tachilek town.
The meeting, which starts today, will be attended by anti-narcotic agents
of the two countries and representatives from the United Nations
International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). 
Mr Sorasit said the drug gang led by Woei Sia Kang, a Wa tribesman, was a
powerful force on the Thai-Burmese border are opposite Chiang Mai, Mae Hong
Son and Chiang Rai.
Woei Sia Kang's arrest would lead to the suppression of illicit drugs on
the border, said the ONCB deputy chief. He said the drug lord was also
wanted by US authorities on a drug trafficking charge.
Thai and Burmese authorities have already raided a warehouse in Tachilek,
seizing 400,000 amphetamine pills along with large quantities of chemical

precursors.
A Taiwanese woman identified as Julie Ju Wao, holding both Thai and Burmese
ID cards, was arrested.
The raid led to a search of Ms Wao's house in Chiang Rai where police found
a large number of falsified passports and ID cards.


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