UN queries fate of missing Karens, NATION

The Nation (Thailand) | March 1, 2000 | Copyright

The Nation (Thailand)
03-01-2000
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said yesterday it
was concerned about nearly 50 ethnic Karen men, who were reportedly taken
into the jungle by Thai soldiers two weeks ago and have not been heard
from since.

A spokesman at the UNHCR's Bangkok office, speaking under customary
condition of anonymity, said the agency had made inquiries to Thai authorities
about the missing group and was waiting for news about what had happened
to them.

Informed Thai Army sources at Thai-Burma border in western Ratchaburi
province confirmed to The Nation that a group ...

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