SINGAPORE: CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON HUNGER STRIKE.

Record ID: 860062

  • Title: SINGAPORE: CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON HUNGER STRIKE.
  • Date: 1st July 1964
  • Summary: SINGAPORE 30 JUNE 1964) (REUTERS) STRIKING STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th July 1964 13:00
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  • Location: SINGAPORE
  • City:
  • Country: Singapore
  • Topics: Politics,Education
  • Reuters ID: LVA35U8L6AD0U6I6Q2N2B9TRNBIP
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  • Story Text: CHINESE STUDENTS OF THE NANYANG UNIVERSITY IN SINGAPORE ARE ON A THREE-DAY HUNGER STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST THE ARREST OF FIFTY-TWO STUDENTS IN A PRE-DAWN SWOOP BY SINGAPORE AND FEDERAL POLICE ON JUNE 27.

    THE STRIKE BY MORE THAN TWO-HUNDRED BEGAN ON JUNE 29 AND WILL END ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 1. THE STUDENTS DRINK ONLY WATER AND SUCH SWEETS.

    THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THAT THE STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, AND ITS MOVE AGAINST THE STUDENTS HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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