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VBSW -- ACTIVISTS or TERRORISTS ?
- Subject: VBSW -- ACTIVISTS or TERRORISTS ?
- From: mg_myanmar@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:46:00
VBSW -- ACTIVISTS or TERRORISTS ????
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SOURCE : Ambassador was the target, says Johnny
BKK Post ( 10-12-1999)
Hiding in a Burmese jungle base with authorities from
two countries hunting him, the leader of a small band
of student rebels who seized Rangoon?fs embassy in
Bangkok on Oct 1-2 said the ambassador was lucky
to still be alive.
The man known as Johnny, whose capture of the
embassy was the boldest move in years by Burma?fs
outmanoeuvred pro-democracy movement, said this
week at the remote hide-out he will keep fighting as
long as he lives, Johnny said his group, who call
themselves the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors
and are called terrorists by Burma?fs military
regime, had been prepared to kill Ambassador
Hla Maung who by luck of timing had left the
embassy just before the seizure.
The group was also prepared to kill four other
Burmese citizens if they had to, he added.
?gI have to say the ambassador is very lucky,?h
said Johnny, handing out one of Hla Maung?fs
business cards. ?gI saw his car leave the embassy
about five minutes before we entered, but it was
too late to call off the operation.?h
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