Burma seek details on bike crash just prior to blasts
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Burma has asked Thailand to look into a possible link between a motorcycle accident in which a Thai teenager was injured in Mae Sai on Saturday and two explosions at a border hotel opposite the Chiang Rai town.
Burma said it was informed that the crash at about 2am Saturday happened after the teenager crashed his speeding motorcycle into an electricity pole. He is now being treated in a private hospital in Muang district.
The accident took place a few hours before two bombs exploded at a golf course adjoining the hotel in Tachilek, which is opposite Mae Sai. The course was hosting a golf tournament held to mark Burma’s Armed Forces Day.
Four Burmese were injured in the blast and are being treated in a hospital in Chiang Rai.
Burma also sought help tightening security at the border after the bombs to prevent people with ill intent entering Burma.
