Myanmar cracks down on education protest at Yangon pagoda, drags people into trucks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police have cracked down on students and other activists opposing Myanmar's new education law, charging protesters with batons and dragging them into trucks at a landmark pagoda in the heart of the old capital, Yangon.
An Associated Press photographer said several demonstrators had slight injuries.
About 30 protesters — including prominent activist Nilar Thein and other student leaders — gathered in front of the Sule Pagoda on Thursday and called on the government to amend an education law they say restricts academic freedom.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Minutes after telling the group to disperse, police and thuggish men hired for the crackdown started chasing down protesters, attacking some with batons. A half-dozen people were dragged into waiting trucks and a few journalists were hit by batons.