With the aims to create an uneducated society following the loss of children’s rights to education as well as to support them by making people very frightened, the NUG, CRPH, and their subordinates so-called PDF terrorist Groups, which the Government has declared as terrorist organizations, are conducting various kinds of destructive activities across the country such as intimidation and coercion against students, teachers and parents; abductions and killings of students, teachers and parents; arson and bombing attacks on schools. In addition to the acts aforesaid, so-called PDF terrorists, with destructive emotions, are making acts of vandalism against the government’s efforts on education sector development such as putting textbooks and teaching/learning aids to the torch; and taking those forcibly.
Since they are committing such terrorist acts, on 20 June at 01:00 AM, an armed insurgent group (total number – under scrutiny) recklessly set fire to the Township Education Office located near the Basic Education High School in No. (2) Ward of Thandaunggyi Township, Kayin State. Therefore, security personnel, teachers and local residents extinguished the fire around one hour and 20 minutes later. As a result of the burning, zinc roofs of two-story RC building, the cellings, doors, office documents, office equipment and stationery were burned and damaged, it is reported.
Security personnel are doing required investigations to find and apprehend those terrorists involved in the aforementioned case and to take legal action against them. The public was urged to oppose the so-called NUG and PDF terrorist groups who committed nefarious acts and participate in protecting security for the future of children by providing the information about terrorists’ movements to concerned administration bodies, it is reported.
