World News Thousands flee border clashes in Myanmar

フレームで見る  英文をプリントする  脚注をプリントする

Fighting between ethnic rebels and Myanmar government troops has sent at least 10,000 refugees across the border into Thailand after a widely criticized election expected to usher in a Parliament sympathetic to the military regime.

Fighting raged Nov. 8 at key points on the frontier with Thailand, leaving at least 10 people wounded on both sides of the frontier. In the heaviest clashes, Democratic Karen Buddhist Army rebels reportedly seized a police station and post office Nov. 7 in the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy.

More fighting broke out further south for one hour Nov. 8 at the Three Pagodas Pass, said local Thai official Chamras Jungnoi, but there was no word on any casualties.

Groups from Myanmar's ethnic minorities who make up some 40 percent of the population had warned in recent days that civil war could erupt if the military tries to impose its highly centralized constitution and deprive them of rights.

Col. Wannatip Wongwai, commander of Thailand's Third Army Region responsible for security in the area, said Myanmar troops appeared to have retaken control of Myawaddy, and the rebels of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army held just a few positions on the outskirts of the town. Myanmar's secretive government has billed the Nov.7 poll as a step toward democracy. (AP)

ミャンマー難民、タイに流入

11月7日にミャンマーで行なわれた総選挙に抗議する少数民族と軍との間で起きた衝突の影響で、多数の難民が国境を越えてタイ側の町へ押し寄せた。

Shukan ST: NOVEMBER 19, 2010

(C) All rights reserved