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Page 14 THE BATTALION •day, Jantar, Hundreds trapped as armed Myanmar rebels seize hospital in Thailan RATCHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Little was known about the gunmen or the situation inside the hospital until they let in a television crew from Thai Channel 7. They took footage showing scores of frightened people sitting on rows of waiting-room benches and of a masked man brandishing an assault rifle. “We want to tell the world how Karen and Burmese refugees live during the fighting,” one hostage-taker, who called himself Nui, said. “We will not hurt any hostages. We take good care of them.” A doctor telephoned about two dozen patients and their rela tives in the post-operative ward, telling them not to move. Lacking contact with hospital officials, the patients did what the rest of Thailand did — watch the drama unfold on television. 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