December 12, 2022

A special court in Yangon’s Insein Prison has sentenced journalist Sithu Aung Myint to seven years in prison. He had already received two sentences totaling five years for allegedly inciting sedition in the army, meaning he will have to spend 12 years in prison. The junta court sentenced him on Friday for attempting to incite hatred or contempt against military personnel or civil servants, a crime which carries a maximum 20-year term. “The recent sentence under Section 124 (a) is seven years in prison with a fine of ten thousand Kyats (U.S.$4.70). He is in good health but said he