Protests in Arakan state's Taungup, 20 arrested

by Phanida

Friday, 08 August 2008 13:29

Chiang Mai – Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the '8.8.88'  uprising today, at least 20 youths in Taungup town in Burma's Arakan state were arrested after they took to the streets and began marching in protest. The protesters, mainly youths from Nat Maw village, were whisked away by the police as they marched across Taungup township police station, sources said. Thein Naing, Joint Secretary of the Taungup Township National League for Democracy, Burma's main opposition party, told Mizzima that about 25 people from Nat Maw village on Friday marched along the streets of Taungup town. "They begun marching from Chaung Kauk ward and came along Ottama street but when they arrived in front of the township police station, the road was blocked with barbed wire barricades. They were taken away by the authorities," Thein Naing said. Villagers of Nat Maw, about three miles from Taungup town, on Thursday held a similar protest march joined by a larger crowd of nearly 200 people. < Prev   Next >