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      The Nation - January 1, 2000

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      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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