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        "msgid": "thailand-to-boycott-australian-weapons-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-11-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Thailand to boycott Australian weapons",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Thailand to boycott Australian weapons BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday threatened to boycott Australian-made weapons in retaliation for continuing allegations that some Thais support Khmer Rouge guerrillas in Cambodia. \"If they still think this way, we won't buy (the weapons),\" he told reporters in Jakarta.",
        "content": "<p>Thailand to boycott Australian weapons<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday<br>\nthreatened to boycott Australian-made weapons in retaliation for<br>\ncontinuing allegations that some Thais support Khmer Rouge<br>\nguerrillas in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>\"If they still think this way, we won't buy (the weapons),\" he<br>\ntold reporters in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Chuan, who is attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation<br>\n(APEC) summit, said that members of Canberra's parliament had<br>\nvoiced concern that weapons sold to Thailand could wind up in the<br>\nhands of the Khmer Rouge.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have read this from the minutes of their parliament,\" he<br>\nadded. As a result, Chuan said, he had ordered his defense<br>\nministry to review any purchases of Australian weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The premier's decision followed allegations last week by<br>\nAustralian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans that Bangkok had not<br>\ndone all it could to halt Thai businessmen and \"freelance<br>\nsoldiers\" from conducting business with the Khmer Rouge.<\/p>",
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