Four men were sentenced last week to one year’s imprisonment for publishing a Rohingya calendar that authorities said could be detrimental to the state or public tranquility.
The four men have been incarcerated since their arrest on November 24 and police are still looking for another man who was charged in absentia. Publisher U Kyaw Kyaw Wai was also arrested last year but has since been released due to a lack of evidence corroborating his alleged role in the case, according to judge U Myint Kyaw.
“We have taken action against them but the main organiser of the publication, U Aung Khin, has absconded. The court has declared him a fugitive and put out a court warrant. We also shared this with other police stations,” said Police Major Khin Maung Latt.
The verdict was handed down on June 14. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
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