Pubdate: Sat, 22 Apr 2000
Source: Straits Times (Singapore)
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Author: AFP

VIET DRUG ADDICTS ATTEMPT BREAKOUT

MORE than 600 convicted Vietnamese drug addicts confined at a
detoxification centre in Ho Chi Minh City attempted a mass breakout on
Tuesday in protest at overcrowding, officials said yesterday.
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