Published
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 10:56
Students paste "No" vote posters on referendum in Northern Burma
Myitkyina University students pasted hundreds of posters exhorting people to vote "No" in Burma's referendum to approve the constitution in May in two major townships of Kachin State in Northern Burma this morning, students activists said.
Myitkyina University students pasted hundreds of posters exhorting people to vote "No" in Burma's referendum to approve the constitution in May in two major townships of Kachin State in Northern Burma this morning, students activists said.
Naw Awng, a student activist in Kachin State's capital Myitkyina Township told KNG today that the A-4 sized anti-constitutional referendum posters were pasted in the most crowded areas inside and outside Myitkyina and Waingmaw Townships, before 9 a.m. local time.
Over 500 posters were pasted in different areas of Myitkyina whereas more than a 100 posters were pasted at six major quarters in Waingmaw, according to students' activists who are involved in the movement.
"We pasted 100 posters in Myitkyina University alone. The other posters were pasted in the main crowded places in the township including markets and near the Police Station No. (1)," Naw Awng said.
Today's poster movement was organized by the All Kachin Students Union (AKSYU) inside Burma. The poster is aimed at mobilizing the public to vote "No" in the ruling junta's constitutional referendum in May, Naw Awng told KNG.
According to local eyewitnesses, several Burmese soldiers and policemen were seen today inside and outside the campus of Myitkyina University.
Early this month, Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, Minister of Communication, Post and Telegraph of the ruling junta visited Myitkyina and mobilised several Kachin Christian churches as part of the referendum campaign.
Naw Awng, a student activist in Kachin State's capital Myitkyina Township told KNG today that the A-4 sized anti-constitutional referendum posters were pasted in the most crowded areas inside and outside Myitkyina and Waingmaw Townships, before 9 a.m. local time.
Over 500 posters were pasted in different areas of Myitkyina whereas more than a 100 posters were pasted at six major quarters in Waingmaw, according to students' activists who are involved in the movement.
"We pasted 100 posters in Myitkyina University alone. The other posters were pasted in the main crowded places in the township including markets and near the Police Station No. (1)," Naw Awng said.
Today's poster movement was organized by the All Kachin Students Union (AKSYU) inside Burma. The poster is aimed at mobilizing the public to vote "No" in the ruling junta's constitutional referendum in May, Naw Awng told KNG.
According to local eyewitnesses, several Burmese soldiers and policemen were seen today inside and outside the campus of Myitkyina University.
Early this month, Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, Minister of Communication, Post and Telegraph of the ruling junta visited Myitkyina and mobilised several Kachin Christian churches as part of the referendum campaign.
