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OF 26110OZ JULY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
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MDADAN 7846
MY SECOND IPT: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: DISTURBANCE AT SEK KONG
FOLLOWING IS RELEVANT PASSAGE OF INTERVIEW WITH ECONOMIC JOURNAL DUE
TO BE PUBLISHED ON 27 JULY:
''COULD I JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING ON VIETNAMESE, THAT IS WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN SEK KONG OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH THE OVERCROWDING AT THE CAMPS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO MOVE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE AROUND VERY QUICKLY AS A RESULT OF THE TYPHOON, IT DOES MEAN THAT TEMPERS VERY EASILY GET FRAYED AND WE'LL HAVE INCIDENTS OF THIS SORT. IF THERE ARE ANY ACCUSATIONS OF PEOPLE BEING BADLY TREATED THEN THEY WILL BE VERY FULLY INVESTIGATED IN THE NORMAL WAY THAT ANY COMPLAINT AGAINST THE POLICE IS INVESTIGATED. WE ARE DETERMINED, WHATEVER THE DIFFICULTIES, TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARD THAT WE'VE GOT WITHIN OUR DISCIPLINED SERVICES. SO ANY INCIDENT WILL BE VERY FULLY INVESTIGATED.''
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