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– Burmese researcher handed six-month jail sentence for criticising army head on Facebook (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 13, 2017

According to the Burmese media, researcher Myo Yan Naung Thein is the seventh person to be detained on a defamation charge since the civilian government headed (in practice) by Aung San Suu Kyi took office in 2016.
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