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BKK Post (12-10-99)Minister to give

Subject: BKK Post (12-10-99)Minister to give account of his role 

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<font size=5><b>Minister to give account of his role<br>
</font><font size=4><i>Police seek details on embassy raid<br>
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</font></i><font size=5>M</font></b><font size=3>.R. Sukhumbhand
Paribatra has agreed to a police request for him to give his account of
his part in ending the hostage drama during the Burmese embassy siege on
Oct 1-2, according to an assistant metropolitan police chief.<br>
Pol Maj-Gen Chakthip Kunchorn na Ayutthaya said police will seek to
interview the deputy foreign minister this week. However, the exact date
is not yet known pending further co-ordination.<br>
M.R. Sukhumbhand, who offered himself as a hostage, flew in a helicopter
which took the five Burmese dissidents who seized the embassy to the
Thai-Burmese border in Ratchaburi province on Oct 2.<br>
The helicopter's pilot and flight mechanic will also be asked to testify,
Pol Maj-Gen Chakthip said.<br>
Police have questioned Thai and Burmese hostages and will try to get as
many as possible other foreign hostages to testify.<br>
The officer believed the five Burmese dissidents were still hiding along
the Thai-Burmese border, adding they would be arrested once they were
back on Thai soil.&nbsp; <br>
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</font><font size=5><b>Inshore fishermen to petition His Majesty<br>
</font><font size=4><i>They also threaten to set fire to vessels<br>
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</font></i><font size=3>Ekkarat Mukem <br>
Hat Yai, Songkhla<br>
</font><font size=5>S</font></b><font size=3>outhern inshore fishermen
plan to petition His Majesty the King for a ban on the use of spotlights
and fine-mesh nets in nocturnal anchovy fishing by commercial vessels.
And if a study on the impact of nocturnal fishing to be released on Nov 1
favours deep-sea trawlers using lights and destructive fishing gear, the
fishermen will set fire to their vessels.<br>
Thawee Theppana, a leading member of the Confederation of Southern
Inshore Fishermen, accused the government of failing to take the
initiative on the issue and criticised the sub-committee studying the
matter for ignoring the socio-economic impact.<br>
If the study's outcome proves unsatisfactory, all fishermen will join
forces with their allies and anchovy consumers to stage further rallies,
Mr Thawee said.<br>
A solution has not been forthcoming because certain politicians in the
government were supporting commercial trawler operators, Mr Thawee
said.<br>
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