- Web Master
- June 26, 2024
A group of unidentified individuals coming in a white
civilian car recently distributed threatening leaflets (letters) to the
students union and posted those letters in various places for public viewing.
The residents of Sittwe’s urban wards witnessed those
leaflets in the evening hours on 24 December.
At the number two basic education high school in Bauk
Thee Su ward of Sittwe township, the local people witnessed
spray-painting on walls targeting the students Union.
The leaflets targeting the Rakhine State Students Union, after it decided
not to attend classes during the war, were also distributed in various streets.
"The leaflets were also handed out near the basic
education high school. The eye witnesses revealed that some individuals in
civilian attire entered the school and distributed the leaflets,” said a local
resident.
A representative of the Rakhine State Students Union
said that the Rakhine people are losing their lives at the hands of soldiers
under the ongoing conflict situation and hence they asked the students to
boycott classes.
"When our own people are facing brutal atrocities and the military council
continues issuing threats to the civilians, there is no point in attending
schools," he asserted.
On 11 December, the Rakhine State Students Union
issued a statement announcing their rejection to the fascist education system
of the military council and issued the boycott call for the students of all
government affiliated schools.