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Bangkok Post -31, 1999.
Fence to tighten security at Maneeloy
Temsak Traisopon

Tightened security measures and stricter regulations are being implemented
at Maneeloy holding centre following the locking up of aid officials by
Burmese student exiles, a top interior official said yesterday.

Chanasak Yuwaboon, the permanent secretary, said about 60 volunteer staff
have been sent to oversee and regulate Burmese student movements and
activities.


National Security Council chief Kachadpai Burusphat during an inspection
trip to the border. - Subin Kheunkaew
"To leave the centre they must have a good reason, such as to see a doctor.
Visits will be arranged and patterned after those of the Corrections
Department," he said.

A barbed wire fence will also be erected on the premises denying the
students access to the main office, he said. The army's engineering
department has been asked to do the job.

Mr Chanasak said that despite camp runner United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees' concern for human rights, the ministry had no other
alternative.

"We have to come up with certain measures to prevent undesirable incidents.
The fence will be mainly for security reasons," he said.

Mr Chanasak also said intelligence officials have been sent to mingle with
Burmese students to monitor their movements and political or armed
activities.

He also voiced concern about the rising number of refugees at a camp in
Kanchanaburi's Sangkhlaburi district.

He said family planning will be introduced at the camp to control the
refugee population.

There are more than 1,800 refugees, half of whom are children.

"We can't afford to let them live, eat, sleep and have more and more
children," Mr Chanasak said.