Thai students support democracy in Burma

DVB ( 15 December 2003 )

Activists in Thailand supporting democracy in Burma held a meeting in Bangkok on 14 December to issue a statement on the meeting on Burmese affairs to be held on 15 December.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the Thai Students Union and Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB) and an official statement is to be issued on 15 December.

A Thai spokesman of TACDB said that although the organisation supports the meeting in terms of policy, Thailand and the Burmese junta need to do more for the emergence of democracy in Burma with good will.

In order to solve the political problems in Burma, the NLD leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic national representatives needed to be included in the meeting, he added.

The meeting only include some EU and Asian countries and TACDB does not have much hope on the meeting and it will not be staging a protest against the meeting but send an open letter to the Thai government, according to the spokesman.