The Nation - Three Burmese held wit

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Subject: Re: The Nation - Three Burmese held with blast material

There is "No boubt" the SPDC is behind this action.


--- TIN KYI <tinkyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Nation - Oct 18, 1999.
> Headlines
> Three Burmese held with blast material
> 
> THREE Burmese nationals were arrested early
> yesterday in Ranong province
> with seven sticks of dynamite and other explosives
> accessories, in the wake
> of the bombing of four vessels in Burmese waters,
> the Ranong police chief
> said yesterday.
> 
> Pol Maj Gen Charoen Maneewong, Ranong provincial
> police commander, said that
> at about 3.30 am yesterday the trio were arrested by
> a special task police
> unit in a vessel off Ranong port. The sticks of
> dynamite and equipment for
> planting bombs were found on board.
> 
> Charoen said the explosive material found was enough
> to destroy scores of
> trawlers and other vessels anchoring at Ranong port.
> Associated equipment
> would have allowed the suspects to plant a bomb
> while giving them an hour to
> escape before the explosion.
> 
> The three suspects were approaching Ranong port when
> they were arrested. The
> special task police unit consisted of officials from
> local provincial
> police, border patrol police, marine police and
> immigration police.
> 
> Earlier, two oil-container ships and two
> commodity-transportation vessels
> were reportedly bombed in Burmese waters, Charoen
> revealed. All four vessels
> were Burmese, and damage was worth about Bt100
> million.
> 
> Charoen said police suspected that the owners of the
> four Burmese ships may
> have suspected Thais of being behind the blasts, and
> hence may have sent the
> trio to wreak revenge.
> 
> Thailand's relations with the Burmese junta have
> soured recently after Burma
> closed its borders and revoked fishing concessions
> granted to Thai fishing
> boats following the 25-hour hostage-taking crisis at
> the Burmese Embassy in
> Bangkok on Oct 1.
> 
> Charoen added that he had asked for support from
> local military officials in
> Ranong to investigate the motives of the three
> Burmese in entering Thai
> waters with the explosive materials and equipment,
> as the military has
> better resources and in-depth information on border
> security.
> 
> The Nation
> 
> 
> 


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