He told Mizzima that about 20 people paid tribute by saluting on August 6. The Bago Township Police Force Chief Officer prevented them from it. The authorities approved eight locations in Bago for the Silver Jubilee celebration of the Uprising Day. But, the Memorial Pillar was not included in the list of approved locations.

Jamar said, “We were allowed to hold the Silver Jubilee Celebration of 8888 Uprising at Bago Town Hall, but the Chief Police Major of Bago Township Police Force, seized our wreaths and threw them into their car when we laid wreaths at Memorial Pillar. We think we have the right to pay tribute to our fallen martyrs without seeking their permission.”

The Memorial Pillar, popularly called the 'bloody pillar' was built in front of Bago State High School No. 3 in memory of fallen martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the 1988 Uprising.

Mya Win, the Police Major of the` Bago Township Police Force told Mizzima that, “The Silver Jubilee Organizing Committee sought permission to hold celebrations at eight places and we have already given our permission. But the Memorial Pillar was not included in the permitted venues. So we had to prevent them from saluting at the stone pillar.”

Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the 8888 Uprising have begun throughout the country since August 5. A member of Silver Jubilee Celebration Organizing Committee from Myeik said that the authorities removed and demolished vinyl posters, billboards and hoardings of the event erected in the town on August 5.