Narinjara news
Universities, Colleges
shut after Daw Suu detention in Burma
Dhaka, 2 June 03: University and colleges in Burma have been closed
indefinitely following the detention by military authorities of Nobel Peace
Prize Laureate Aung Sann Suu Kyi, university sources
said yesterday, According to today’s the independent.
The closure of universities and colleges has not been officially announced, but
one senior faculty member said on condition of anonymity that lectures had been
told by junta authorities at a meeting Sunday to close universities for an
indefinite period.
No reason was given for the closures, the faculty member said.
“ It will not be announced officially, but university
authorities will verbally inform students today (Monday), “a lectures told AP.
It was not immediately known whether the closures were related to an ongoing
crackdown on opposition leader Aung Sann Suu Kyi and
her National League for Democracy Party.
The junta said Saturday that it had placed Suu Kyi and 19 members of her party
into” protective custody” after a clash between her supports and thousands of
pro-junta protesters in northern Burma. Four people were killed and 50 injured
in the violence.
Since the current military regime took power in 1988, universities and colleges
have been closed intermittently.#