Word: phetchabun
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...EVICTED. 6,500 HMONG REFUGEES, as part of a Thai government plan to force them to return to their native Laos; from their villages in Phetchabun province in Thailand. The Hmong, more than 300,000 of whom fled neighboring Laos when the Communists came to power in 1975, are seen as illegal immigrants by Thai authorities, who suspect them of drug trafficking. The Hmong refugees spent 36 hours without shelter, leading to the death of a 2-month-old girl; doctors say they have been instructed to stop providing medical care to the Hmong, and vendors claim to have been...
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