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The Nation - January 1, 2000 - Ill
- Subject: The Nation - January 1, 2000 - Ill
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- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:37:00
Subject: The Nation - January 1, 2000 - Illegal Burmese arrested
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The Nation - January 1, 2000
Politics=20
Illegal Burmese arrested=20
KANCHANABURI -- Police yesterday arrested around 1,000 illegal =
Burmese immigrants who were on their way to a religious ceremony hosted =
by the controversial Dhammakaya Temple.=20
Around 2 pm police intercepted 37 crowded buses carrying about =
3,000 monks, novices and laymen heading for the temple in Pathum Thani, =
where a religious ceremony to welcome the new millenium was to be held =
last night.=20
Dhammakaya Temple had invited 150 temples in Kanchanaburi to =
participate in the ceremony and expected to attract some 20,000 people =
from that province alone, an informed source said.=20
However, the source added that the ceremony had not attracted much =
attention from Kanchanaburi residents, so that illegal immigrants and =
Burmese living in restricted areas in the province had been approached. =
They were each offered Bt200 to travel to the temple on the chartered =
buses.=20
The convoy, led by a senior monk in Kanchanaburi, were intercepted =
on the Thong Pha Phum-Kanchanaburi road in Sai Yoke district.=20
More than 100 officers from a joint police and military task force =
searched the buses.=20
It was discovered that some 1,000 of the passengers were either =
illegal Burmese immigrants or Burmese allowed to live in restricted =
areas in Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts.=20
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<P>KANCHANABURI -- Police yesterday arrested around 1,000 illegal =
Burmese=20
immigrants who were on their way to a religious ceremony hosted by =
the=20
controversial Dhammakaya Temple.=20
<P>Around 2 pm police intercepted 37 crowded buses carrying about =
3,000=20
monks, novices and laymen heading for the temple in Pathum Thani, =
where a=20
religious ceremony to welcome the new millenium was to be held =
last night.=20
<P>Dhammakaya Temple had invited 150 temples in Kanchanaburi to=20
participate in the ceremony and expected to attract some 20,000 =
people=20
from that province alone, an informed source said.=20
<P>However, the source added that the ceremony had not attracted =
much=20
attention from Kanchanaburi residents, so that illegal immigrants =
and=20
Burmese living in restricted areas in the province had been =
approached.=20
They were each offered Bt200 to travel to the temple on the =
chartered=20
buses.=20
<P>The convoy, led by a senior monk in Kanchanaburi, were =
intercepted on=20
the Thong Pha Phum-Kanchanaburi road in Sai Yoke district.=20
<P>More than 100 officers from a joint police and military task =
force=20
searched the buses.=20
<P>It was discovered that some 1,000 of the passengers were either =
illegal=20
Burmese immigrants or Burmese allowed to live in restricted areas =
in=20
Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts.=20
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