Since Independence
On March 16, 1988 following the killing of two students during the pro-democracy demonstrations, students marching on Prome Road were confronted near Inya Lake by the Lon Htein security force riot police and many beaten to death or drowned.
The national police are made up of several smaller entities, including
- Burma Railways Police
- intelligence division
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Famous quotes containing the word independence:
“The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)