World IN BRIEF : MYANMAR : Dissident Students Slay 15 Alleged Spies
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A group of dissident Myanmar students admitted that its members executed 15 alleged government spies in a single day last month. The killings reportedly took place Feb. 12 in the rebel-held town of Pajau in Kachin state in northern Myanmar (formerly Burma) close to the Chinese border. Aung Htoo, a principal secretary of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front central committee, said from Bangkok, Thailand, that the executions were carried out by the group’s northern division without the knowledge of the central committee.
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