KNU against male repatriation

Fri, 27 Mar 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: REUTERS

MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters): The leader of the Karen Nation
Union (KNU) guerrilla organization said yesterday he opposed a
Thai plan to repatriate male Karen refugees to Myanmar.

"I am totally against the plan to repatriate the male refugees
back to their death. Once they return (to Myanmar) these refugees
will be executed by Myanmar soldiers," Gen. Bo Mya told Reuters
by telephone from the border area.

Bo Mya also denied Thai charges that there were KNU guerrillas
hiding in refugee camps inside Thailand.

Gen. Chetta Thanajaro, commander in chief of the Thai army,
said Karen men would be removed from the refugee camps along the
border and repatriated, leaving only women, children and old
people in the camps.

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