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KINSHASA: The Congolese government has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asking him not to send any more Indian troops to reinforce its peacekeeping mission , according to a letter read to the news agency. India is not mentioned by name, but diplomatic sources told the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is without doubt referring to the Indian contingent of MONUC, the UN peacekeeping mission. "In view of the numerous abuses of power carried out by certain troops within MONUC, the (Congolese) people would not understand if soldiers from the same country would be used to boost numbers within MONUC," says the letter, which was read to news agency by diplomatic sources. Indian peacekeepers have been accused of sexual abuse and MONUC admitted in August that some Indian troops could have been involved . The letter could prove a major diplomatic embarrassment to the UN. Some 90% of the peacekeepers patrolling the troubled Nord-Kivu region are from India & ...