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NEWS - Burmese Army Slanders KNU in



Subject: NEWS - Burmese Army Slanders KNU in Recent News

Burmese Army Slanders KNU in Recent News
NOTE: Again the SPDC and its military are trying any approach lies and
propaganda.  

Myanmar Army Claims Karen Rebels Killed 12 Traders

               AP
               24-JUN-99

               BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Ethnic Karen guerrillas killed
a dozen traders and wounded
               more than 20 inside Myanmar because they refused to pay a
rebel tax, a Myanmar army
               officer said Thursday. 

               The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity at a
border post, said the rebels attacked
               a bus load of traders on a bridge about 10 miles from the
Thai border Wednesday. 

               The attack could not be confirmed by the Thai military,
which monitors fighting in the
               frontier regions of its western neighbor. 

               The Karen National Union, which has suffered military
setbacks in recent years in its
               half-century fight for autonomy, could not be reached for
comment. 

               Thai army officers have said Karen guerrillas have
demanded that traders passing
               through border areas where they operate pay taxes on
their goods. 

               Unlike other rebel groups in Myanmar, the Karen National
Union is not involved in drug
               trafficking to finance its insurgency. It used to control
several border crossings into
               Thailand and raised money by taxing goods traded between
the two countries.