Shooting of Thai protested

Thu, 20 Apr 1995

BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand yesterday formally protested the killing of a Thai national at the border with Burma earlier this month and demanded that Rangoon compensate the victim's relatives.

The Foreign Ministry gave Burmese charge d'affaires Nyunt Munag Shein a memorandum on the April 2 incident in which villager Thaweesuk Tankeow was shot dead by Burmese soldiers, the ministry said in a statement.

The memorandum calls for Burma to investigate the shooting and find ways to prevent future incidents.

The shooting was believed to have occurred outside the Burmese market town of Tachilek. Soldiers reportedly stopped Thaweesuk, who was in Burma illegally, and shot him when he fled across the Sai River to Thailand.

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