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Lengthy prison terms handed down to four in high-profile domestic abuse case
Yangon’s Western District Court on Friday sentenced four defendants to hefty prison terms in a case of domestic abuse that captured the nation’s attention when it was uncovered last year. Under a mix...
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Michael Kyaw Myint sentenced to 9 months for defamation
Activist Michael Kyaw Myint was today sentenced to nine months imprisonment for defamation, found guilty of falsely accusing an associate of the Yangon chief minister of accepting a bribe. A Yangon...
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Defence argues for release of alleged Ko Ni assassination co-conspirators
At the 42nd hearing in a lengthy trial centred on the assassination of prominent legal expert Ko Ni, lawyers for three of the four defendants detained in connection with the killing argued that their...
View ArticleJudge sentences former child soldier to 6 months in prison for contempt of court
A former child soldier charged with public incitement was sentenced to six months in prison for an additional contempt of court charge at a hearing on Wednesday, as his trial over the initial alleged...
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Final arguments due in incitement case against former child soldier
The long-running trial of a former child soldier charged with public incitement looks to be nearing an end as a judge in Yangon announced at a hearing on Tuesday that final arguments in the case will...
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Plaintiff in Aye Maung trial says order to file charges came from above: lawyer
A lawyer for embattled Rakhine politician Aye Maung has said the plaintiff claims he filed the incitement and high treason charges at the instruction of his superiors. “The plaintiff, Khin Maung Oo,...
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Lawyer for Aye Maung says three charges for ‘one act’ is excessive
The defence lawyer for politician Aye Maung has alleged prosecutorial malpractice in a case being brought against his client, in which the defendant is facing three separate charges after a speech he...
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Ex-child soldier gets to two years in prison for telling of forced conscription
A Yangon court on Wednesday sentenced the former child soldier Aung Ko Htwe to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour under section 505(b) of Burma’s Penal Code, a provision broadly covering public...
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Over 150 CSOs demand release of former child soldier Aung Ko Htwe
More than 150 civil society organisations have released a statement condemning Burma’s judiciary for handing down a two-year prison sentence to former child soldier Aung Ko Htwe. The convict, now 27,...
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Officer who testified Reuters reporters were framed is sentenced to prison
A police officer who testified that police framed two Reuters reporters has been sentenced to an undisclosed prison term for violating Burma’s Police Disciplinary Act, a police spokesman told Reuters...
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