Sittwe: Unidentified anti-referendum campaigners in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, enlisted dogs on Monday for their campaign by hanging posters around the dogs' necks, said one witness.He said, "I don't know who hung the small posters on the necks of some dogs. I saw a few dogs running in the streets wearing anti-referendum posters."
The posters hung on the dogs were marked only with an 'X' and the word "Against" in Arakanese.
On the ballots in the referendum, an X signals a "no" vote for the proposed constitution. "Everybody easily understood what is meant by the posters when they saw them on the dogs," the witness said.
Some police in Sittwe attempted to take the posters off the dogs, but were unable to because the dogs ran away whenever the police came near.
The resident said, "It was very humorous to the people when they saw police following the dogs to take off the posters. Police chased the dogs, but they would run away."
In Sittwe, as people have been protesting the upcoming referendum in a variety of ways, the authority has been deploying many additional police forces in the city.
It has also been learned that many police are now guarding the streets of Sittwe day and night to prevent anti-referendum activities.
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