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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