緬甸學生繼續與警察對峙

A standoff is continuing for a third day between Myanmar police and student protesters who are trying to march to Yangon to demand changes to an education reform bill.

Student leader Thiha Win Tin told VOA on Wednesday that police continue to surround the activists at a monastery in Letpadan, about 130 kilometers north of Yangon.

Speaking by phone from Letpadan, he said police continue to threaten to arrest the students if they try to continue their march. So far, he said police have not made any arrests and that the activists are sticking to their demands.

The group of more than 1,000 students set off from Mandalay last month to demand Myanmar's military-dominated government scrap a new education reform law.

They 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.緬甸警察和抗議學生的對峙進入第三天。學生們試圖向仰光進發，要求對一項教育改革法案做出修改。

一位學生領袖星期三對美國之音說，警察繼續把活動人士圍困在裏伯坦的一座寺廟中。該地位於仰光以北約130公里。

這位學生領袖表示，警察繼續威脅說，如果學生們不放棄遊行，就要逮捕他們。他說，到目前爲止，警察還沒有逮捕任何人，活動人士仍堅持自己的要求。

上個月，1千多名學生從曼德勒出發，要求緬甸政府廢除一項新的教育改革法。

他們說，這項法律將使緬甸大學遭到集中控制。他們還要求政府增加教育開支，並允許教師和學生組織團體。