A village head in Kachin State on Thursday threatened to arrest the evicted Kachin students’ guardian teacher Tang Shin Phone in Rangoon.
The village head of Bogyoke village threatened the guardian on Thursday on the telephone.
Since early May, nine Kachin students came Putao, Machanbaw and Sumprabun townships have lived in a home in Bogyoke village in Thanlyin, Rangoon, while studying at schools local schools. Since Tueday, local authorities have tried to evict the students from the home they rent in Rangoon.
Bauk Ja, an electoral candidate of the National Democratic Force, who is helping the Kachin students, told Mizzima that the village head told the students to leave the house no later than Friday night or the guardian, Tan Shin Phone, would be arrested.
‘He called me last night to say that the village head threatened him’, Bauk Ja said.
On Tuesday, local authorities and police forced Tan Shin Phone to sign a pledge to guarantee that the students will leave the home, according to the landlord. The authorities have not permitted the students to renew their guest registrations.
Under Burmese law, if a Burmese citizen wants to stay overnight at a friend’s home or anywhere else where he or she is not listed as a house member, their stay must be reported to local authorities.
Bauk Ja said that the students seemed very determined to stay and decided to face the authorities and the consequences.
Meanwhile, the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) criticized the government’s action and said that prohibiting the Kachin students from living and studying in Rangoon was an assault on all students.
The statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the foreign-based ABFSU said, ‘For the sake of power, the government is oppressing pro-democracy activists and launching major offensives against ethnic armed groups who are fighting for their people and to build a genuine federal union’.
The village head of Bogyoke village threatened the guardian on Thursday on the telephone.
Since early May, nine Kachin students came Putao, Machanbaw and Sumprabun townships have lived in a home in Bogyoke village in Thanlyin, Rangoon, while studying at schools local schools. Since Tueday, local authorities have tried to evict the students from the home they rent in Rangoon.
Bauk Ja, an electoral candidate of the National Democratic Force, who is helping the Kachin students, told Mizzima that the village head told the students to leave the house no later than Friday night or the guardian, Tan Shin Phone, would be arrested.
‘He called me last night to say that the village head threatened him’, Bauk Ja said.
On Tuesday, local authorities and police forced Tan Shin Phone to sign a pledge to guarantee that the students will leave the home, according to the landlord. The authorities have not permitted the students to renew their guest registrations.
Under Burmese law, if a Burmese citizen wants to stay overnight at a friend’s home or anywhere else where he or she is not listed as a house member, their stay must be reported to local authorities.
Bauk Ja said that the students seemed very determined to stay and decided to face the authorities and the consequences.
Meanwhile, the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) criticized the government’s action and said that prohibiting the Kachin students from living and studying in Rangoon was an assault on all students.
The statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the foreign-based ABFSU said, ‘For the sake of power, the government is oppressing pro-democracy activists and launching major offensives against ethnic armed groups who are fighting for their people and to build a genuine federal union’.
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