Sentence appears to be the longest jail term given to a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government and party. A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 148-year prison sentence to a former parliamentarian from the deposed National League for Democracy party, adding to a previous conviction which will now see Win Myint Hlaing, 52, spend a …
Two of the nine victims found were members of an anti-coup self-defence force while the rest were civilians including children. Bodies of at least nine people have been found in Myanmar’s central region following a suspected air raid by military forces, according to a news report, adding that most of the victims were civilians, including two children. News of the …
