rtokens: The institute was shut for nearly two years after the 1988 uprising .
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tokens: The students appealed to the government not to close the institute because of their latest demonstration .
ltokens: The students also demanded the government announce punishments meted out to policemen who they said had manhandled students involved in a brawl with some restaurant owners near the Yangon institute in October .