Vietnamese dies after self-immolation protest in Galang<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A Vietnamese man has died after setting fire to
\nhimself before shocked officials in Galang Island refugee camp in
\nprotest against plans to send remaining boat people home, Reuters
\nreported yesterday.<\/p>\n
Quoting diplomats in Jakarta, Reuters said Pham Van Chau, 39,
\ndied of burns in a hospital in Tanjungpinang on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian officials and those of the United Nations High
\nCommissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) in Jakarta and Riau could not be
\ncontacted for confirmation last night.<\/p>\n
The self-immolation followed days of hunger strikes by several
\nhundred of the Galang camp's 9,000 inmates.<\/p>\n
\"The man had been transferred to Tanjungpinang hospital (on
\nneighboring Bintan) and he died yesterday,\" a diplomat said.<\/p>\n
At least 400 Vietnamese out of a camp of nearly 10,000 have
\nbeen conducting protests, including hunger strikes, during this
\nweek's visit by Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh, to Indonesia.<\/p>\n
At least 150 people, out of some 8,000 inmates screened as due
\nto return to Vietnam, had been treated in nearby hospitals for
\nheat-stroke during the days-long protest, but aid workers said
\nnone were in danger of dying.<\/p>",
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