緬甸中部學生與警察爆發衝突

Student protesters and police clashed Tuesday in a central Myanmar town where authorities have for more than a week prevented the activists from marching to Yangon to demand education reform.

Witnesses in Letpadan said riot police used batons to beat back students who tried to push through police lines. A video from the scene appeared to show armored police smashing the windshield of a vehicle used by the students.

The clashes came hours after student leaders told VOA the government agreed to let the activists continue their protest march to Yangon, Myanmar's main city. It is not clear what part of the reported deal broke down. It is also not clear if there were any injuries or arrests.

The group, made up of hundreds of students, set off from Mandalay last month to demand Myanmar's military-dominated government scrap a new education reform law.

The students say the law will centralize control of universities in Myanmar, also known as Burma. They also want more government spending on education as well as the freedom to organize teachers and students.星期二，學生抗議者與警察在緬甸中部一個城鎮發生衝突。一個多星期來，地方當局一直阻止活動人士遊行前往仰光要求實行教育改革。

裏伯坦的目擊者說，防暴警察用警棍毆打試圖衝破警戒線的學生。來自衝突現場的一段視頻顯示，身穿護具的警察打碎了學生們使用的一輛汽車的前窗玻璃。

在爆發衝突的幾小時前，學生領導人對美國之音說，當地政府同意允許活動人士繼續抗議遊行，前往緬甸主要城市仰光。目前還不清楚協議破裂的具體情況，也不清楚是否有人受傷或被逮捕。

上個月，數百名學生從曼德勒開始遊行，要求緬甸軍人主導的政府取消一項新的教育改革法。

學生們說，這項法律將對緬甸大學進行集中控制。他們還要求政府增加教育開支，並要求給予教師和學生結社自由。