Unidentified activists spearheaded a two-day spray campaign against the ruling Burmese military junta last week, according to sources on the Muse-Ruili border.

On January 7, people coming to join the education festival at Muse’s High School No. 2 found several slogans sprayed on the building walls. It said:

•    “We don’t want the 2010 elections!”
•    “Down with Than Shwe!”
•    “Free Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners!”

The police arrived soon to wipe out the paint, said a source. Another added “There was another slogan too that the festival had nothing to do with education but just to raise funds.”

The next day, similar slogans were found sprayed on the immigration office building walls and on the town’s helicopter pads. So far, no culprit has been identified and no one has claimed responsibility.

The anti-Naypyitaw Shan State Army (SSA) South’s Force 701, commanded by Lt-Col Zawm Mong, is active in the area.