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Subject: Students stage another protest in Yangon (The Hindu, 8/12/96.)
Students stage another protest in Yangon
The Hindu, 8/12/96.
>From V. jayanth
SINGAPORE, Dec. 7.
Students in Yangon staged another sit-in protest throughout
last night in Myanmar, demanding the right to form their
independent union. This was the second such demonstration this
week, sending shock waves in the country.
According to sources. the riot police and the security forces
tried to disperse the students, who sat down on a street junction
near the University campus. In the end, the security forces
unleashed water jets to remove the few hundred protesters who
did not budge. They were then rounded up and taken in for
questioning, the sources added. The students held placards
demanding the revival of their union and the immediate release
of about 80 of their colleagues, who were alleged to be still in
detention after the previous protest.
Observers attach considerable significance to not only the
increasing frequency of these protests, but also the numbers
who brave the threat or consequences to participate in them.
Without wanting to come down with a heavy hand on student
protests, the State Law and Order Restoration Council
(SLORC) wants to ensure that they do not spread or link up
with the Opposition National League for Democracy's (NLD)
campaign. That is why the access to Ms. Suu Kyi's house in