Myanmar Junta Court Sentences Ousted Rakhine State Chief Minister to Prison
U Nyi Pu was given a two-year jail term for sedition and still faces further charges.
Source: irrawaddy.com
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U Nyi Pu was given a two-year jail term for sedition and still faces further charges.
Myanmar’s military is cracking down on dissent over the Feb. 1 coup there, arresting hundreds of protesters and journalists, including one from The Associated Press. The AP’s Thein Zaw was detained alongside Ye Myo Khant, a photojournalist from the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency in the city of Yangon Saturday. Both were covering a protest at Hledan…