Students spread anti-government posters in Myitkyina

The anti-government poster with 5 demands which was spread in Kachin capital Myitkyina on August 5.

Kachin Students distributed over 1,600 anti-government posters written by hand on A-4 paper around Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on August 5, according to student sources.

Students wrote slogans on the posters including: “Immediately settle peace, don’t kill innocent civilians, protect civilians, stop terrorizing, and don’t destroy the property of civilians.”

All the posters, which were distributed around 9 quarters in the capital, also contained the words “Public Desire”, students said.

August 8 was the 23rd anniversary of the infamous 8888 up- rising in Burma, started by University Students on August 8, 1988.