Letpadan Township

Letpadan Township
Township
Country  Burma
Region Bago Region
District Tharrawaddy District
Capital Letpadan
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Letpatan Township is a township in Tharrawaddy District in the Bago Region of Burma.[1] The principal town is Letpadan.

About 200 students and supporters of the movement against Education Law were crushed down by police at Letpadan on 10 March 2015 after they had been blocked on their way to Yangon for eight days at there by police.[2] Over 100 were arrested after being attacked brutally by police force.[3]

References

  1. "Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
  2. Soe Zeya Tun. "Myanmar police beat students, journalists, monks; about 100 detained". http://www.reuters.com/''. REUTERS. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. Guy Dinmore. "Backsliding or stumbling forward? The reform debate". http://www.mmtimes.com/''. Myanmartimes. Retrieved 24 March 2015.