Sex tape rocks university

Sex tape rocks university

By Ei Thae Thae Naing   |   Sunday, 11 August 2013

Students and teachers from the Government Technological University in Yangon's Thanlyin township say a report that the college's principal was fired for inappropriate behaviour are incorrect.

News journal Myanmar Than Taw Sint reported last month that the principal, Kathy Lwin, had been ordered to resign after allegedly forcing students and some parents to watch a video of two students having sex in an empty classroom at the college.

The video had been uploaded online and the journal reported that the principal played the video to the students' parents and classmates to shame them.

A lecturer at the university, Daw Theingi Ait, dismissed the report as "a rumour" and said the principal had not been forced to resign. However, the lecturer confirmed that two students had quit after the video appeared on the internet.

"The students responsible for that incident quit after it came to light," the lecturer said. "I don't know why people said our principal showed [the video] with a projector. There's no way she could do this."

Students from the university also said at a press conference that the report was untrue. They are demanding an apology from the journal, arguing it has caused them severe embarrassment.

"We feel upset because now people are looking at us strangely whenever they see our uniform even though what the journal reported is incorrect," said a student in the fourth year of an architecture course.

"This has made people think badly about all engineering students."

Mg Kyaw Zin Htet, a second year mechanical engineering student, said the students had not been pressured by the university to hold the press conference.

"No officials were involved in this media briefing. We are just doing it as students of Thanlyin Technological University," he said, adding that they were still waiting for a response from the journal to their demand for an apology.

But an editor from the journal said it would not apologise and it had a recording of an interview to back up its version of events.

"Our report is the truth and we have the recording of an official from the Yangon Region government," the editor said.

Yangon Region Minister for Forestry and Energy U Kyaw Soe said the government had not told the journal the principal had resigned.

He added that it could not comment on issues related to Thanlyin Technology University because it is administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Nay Pyi Taw.

"We didn't say anything concerning the principal of the university to Myanmar Than Taw Sint," he said.

An official in the office of the Minister of Science and Technology said it was unaware of the reports and could not comment.

Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/08/13/sex-tape-rocks-university/