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Chiang Mai border post to be closed, NATION
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The Nation (Thailand)
08-02-1999
A BORDER checkpoint in Chiang Mai which is allegedly used as a channel
to smuggle drugs from Burma into Thailand will be closed this week, Prime
Minister Chuan Leekpai announced yesterday during a trip to the area.
Chuan had hinted at the imminent closure on Friday and Saturday but
given no date. After his inspection of the area yesterday, the prime minister
said he would instruct Chiang Mai governor Pravit Sisophon to order the
closure of the San Ton Doo temporary checkpoint in Mae Ai district this
week.
It is so far the government's most drastic anti-drug action ...
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