Security Alert
MON YOUTH OFFICE
RAIDED BY THAI AUTHORITIES
(Kao-Wao,
The Mon Youth Progressive Organization (MYPO) office at Sangkhalaburi,
According to a local source, about twenty Thai Army Regiment
No. 9 and officers raided the MYPO office in the morning and all Mon youths
were deported to Plaing
Nai Ong, a Mon youth leader reported, “most
of Burmese democratic offices and MYPO office was forced by the Thai military
to move out from the Thai soil. Now all members of MYPO are in the Japanese
Well (Plaing
The Mon Youth Progressive Organization (MYPO) was formed
after a gathering of Mon youth and student at Sangkhalaburi
border town last year. The MYPO is working at forging solidarity among
Mon youths and reaching out network with other ethnic youths, democratic forces
and the international community.
In August, the Burmese opposition offices Peoples Democratic
Front (PDF), National League for Democracy - Liberated Area (NLD-LA),
Democratic Party for New Society (DPNS) and a Christian church were raided by
the local Thai authorities. Many ethnic and democratic offices working at
Sanghalaburi, the Thai-Burma border town have closed
in fear of the Thai government's alleged decision to crack down on the
activities of their organizations.
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