University of Technology student boycott

The campus had been deserted by students in fear of their lives following the killing of a first year student from Southern Highlands on Saturday night.

The Southern Highlands students have set up a ‘haus cry’ (morning house) on campus.

“Southern Highlanders in Unitech went on a rampage at about 11:30am this morning next to the University Administration building,” the source said.     

“The relatives of the deceased student broke the glasses of the administration building and threatened to burn it down.”

UNITECH Student Representative Council president David Kelma, in a phone interview with Loop PNG today, said students will be doing awareness in major towns to educate the public on why the students are boycotting classes.

The awareness will start tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Highlands and Momase provinces.

“Students have already arrived in Goroka, Jiwaka, Mt Hagen and Madang today,” Kelma said.

The SRC president said the students have created booklets and will be doing awareness and educating the public about two topics.