CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA: MONGOLIAN COMMITS SUICIDE TO PROTEST PLANS TO PHASE OUT MONGOLIAN EDUCATION

Surnaa, a 33-year-old ethnic Mongolian woman who worked for a panel of the Chinese Communist Party in Inner Mongolia's Alxa administrative unit, died by suicide on September 4, in what her family members said was an act of protest over the ruling Chinese Communist Party's plans to phase out Mongolian-medium education and language teaching in schools. The New York-based Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) said Surnaa’s husband, Altanbagan, and Solonga, her sister-in-law, announced Surnaa's death via WeChat.

(Comment: Surnaa's is the fourth death to be reported in Inner Mongolia since tens of thousands of ethnic Mongolians staged a region-wide boycott of schools, street protests and other forms of civil disobedience.)






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