Aye Myat Khaing, 26 February 2022

Sittwe University student’s union office RC (2) and teacher’s union office RC (1) are to be removed by 27February, as the authority has strictlyordered.

On 25 February, the Sittwe University authority directed the student’s union to remove their office, said KoPhone Pyae Phyo, the Sittwe Universitystudent’s union  interim chairman.

"The removal must be done by  27 February itself and it would be closed on 28 February onward,” saidPhone Pyae Phyo.

The university authority claimed that the vacated spacewould be used for students’ restand recreation.

"The primary aim behind the move is understood asvindictive as the authority wantsto get rid of the student union and their activities,” he added.

It is assumed that the authority has been threatened bythe  western military commandtop officials to remove the student’s union office or face the consequence.

Kyaw Naing Oo, head of the student’s affairs department in Sittwe University admitted that there was noimmediate plan to provide alternatespace for the displaced office.

"Currently, there is no directive from the University autrhority to provide a new office for them,” said Kyaw Naing Oo.

Sittwe University student’s union office, which wasestablished in 2016, accommodatesaround 300 student members.