Shooting of Thai protested

Shooting of Thai protested

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.