Letpadan students set to expand hunger strikes

Legal proceedings at Tharyarwady District Court against students arrested last March have been at a standstill for the past several weeks, but that did not stop a crowd from appearing there on 27 October.

Most had come to show their support for Ko Aung Hmine San, who was on the fifth day of a hunger strike that he vows to continue until all political prisoners in the country are released.

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