Defector tells of Burmese atrocity
Richard Lloyd Parry; 9/6/08
The leader of the Burmese junta, Than Shwe, ordered the murder of scores of unarmed villagers and Thai fishermen a decade ago, according to a senior diplomat and military intelligence officer who defected to the US. Aung Lin Htut, formerly the deputy chief of mission at the Burmese embassy in Washington, described to a radio station how 81 people, including women and children, were shot and buried on an isolated island after straying into a remote military zone in the southeast of the country in 1998. After one general hesitated to kill the civilians, fearing the commander who had given the order was drunk, he was told the instruction came from “Aba Gyi” or “Great Father” - the term used to refer to General Than Shwe. A few days later, troops from the same base captured a Thai fishing boat that had strayed close to Christie Island in the Mergui Archipelago. The 22 fishermen on board were shot and buried on the island.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23831753-2703,00.html
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