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BBC-Burmese riot police seal off un



Friday, September 4, 1998 Published at 12:47 GMT 13:47 UK 

Burmese riot police seal off university 

Burmese riot police have sealed off the Hlaing university campus in
Rangoon, where students are holding a second day of protest against the
education policy of the military government. 

The students are objecting to the proposed relocation of part of the
Rangoon Institute of Technology to a site three-hundred kilometres away. 

They're also complaining at plans to hold exams after just seven days
tuition to cover for a two-year university closure. 

Witnesses say some of the students have also been shouting political
slogans. 

The protest follows a demonstration earlier this week by hundreds of
students at the Rangoon Institute of Technology. 

Correspondents say the unrest may be part of a campaign organised by a
clandestine student network inside Burma to stage lightning demonstrations
against the military government without provoking violent confrontation. 



>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service