Envoy defends Burmese high-tech passport deal.(WORLD)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: August 16, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard S. Ehrlich, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BANGKOK - Burma's military regime will embed a microchip containing personal data into its passports this week in a deal that will profit the U.N. envoy to Burma, despite concern over a possible conflict of interest, according to reports reaching Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, Burma's neighbor.

Burma's electronic passports, known as "e-passports," use computer technology developed by a Malaysia-based company partly owned by Razali Ismail, the U.N. envoy to Burma.

Mr. Razali has visited Burma, also known as Myanmar, ...

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