Myanmar’s military rulers suspend more than 125,000 teachers for opposing coup

Union says more than one in four of the country's teachers have been suspended days before start of new school year

More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup that overthrew the country's elected government in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers' Federation said.

The suspensions have come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of a campaign that has paralysed the country since the military seized power and cut short a decade of democratic reforms.