News Brief

News Brief

Shan refugees might be sent back, said Thai official 

An official from Mae Fah Luang District office in Chiangrai Province told S.H.A.N.'s source this morning that the recently arrived 600-Shan refugees at Therdthai Tract might be deported soon. 

"We have heard no reports of fighting across the border for over a month now," he said. "According to Thai rule, we can only accept people fleeing from combat as refugees." 

Nevertheless, he said he would report it to higher authorities to decide. 

Kyat plunges also

The Burmese currency at Tachilek stands today at Baht 8.80 per hundred Kyat. It went down to Baht 7.00 in February and climbed back to as far as Baht 9.60 in early March.