Myanmar to launch probe after student rally crackdown

Myanmar on Wednesday announced an inquiry into “whether security forces acted properly in dispersing the protesters” who gathered downtown on March 5 in the nation’s commercial hub, AFP reported. Student-led rallies calling for education reform have twice been brutally suppressed in recent days, sparking international concern and drawing fierce criticism from Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party. It said the tactics echoed those used under the former military government.