Myanmar: Ousted Rakhine chief minister sentenced to two years in prison for incitement

NAYPYITAW, 10 October 2021, (TON): A junta court in Sittwe sentenced Nyi Pu, the detained former chief minister of Rakhine State, to two years in prison with hard labour for incitement on Friday, according to his lawyer.

Judge Win Naing of the Sittwe Township court delivered 66-year-old Nyi Pu’s verdict at a hearing held via video conference regarding charges filed under Section 505b of the Penal Code.

Section 505b outlaws “any statement, rumour or report” likely to induce people to “commit an offence against the state.”

Nyi Pu is the second chief minister and central executive committee (CEC) member of the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) to be convicted by the junta of violating the statute since Myanmar’s February 1 military coup.

On June 8, Aung Moe Nyo, another NLD CEC member and former chief minister of Magway Region, was also sentenced to two years in prison for incitement.

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