Another student activist sentenced to two years in prison

by Phanida

Thursday, 18 September 2008 20:57

Chiang Mai – The Kyauktada Township Court in Rangoon Division on Thursday sentenced Lu Tin Win, an 88 Generation Student held in Insein prison, to two years in jail on charges of 'disrespectful act towards the State'. The prosecutor Police Inspector Soe Naing framed charges against Lu Tin Win, 88 Generation Student from Syriam under section 505(b) (inducing crime against public tranquillity), sections 145 and 147 (unlawful assembly) of the Penal Code. "The court pronounced its judgment today and sentenced him to two years in prison. He was released from prison only last year and then rearrested and put behind bars," advocate Khin Maung Shein said. Lu Tin Win was arrested on September 29, 2007 at a check gate near Rangoon's Sule Pagoda traffic point, when he was searched and found by the police to have possess a copy of a book 'Opinion of 88 Generation Students'. Khin Maung Shein, who has been working as defense counsel for several student activists said, "Lu Tin Win was arrested while police were hunting down activists in the aftermath of the September demonstrations. He was on his way to a publishing house when the police found him with the book." He was earlier arrested in 1999 for his political activities and was imprisoned to nine years in the Tharyarwady prison in Pegu Division. He was released in early 2007. Similarly, Thet Wei Chairman of National League for Democracy (NLD) Sanchaung Township in Rangoon Division was sentenced to two years in prison on September 15 for trying to lodge a complaint to the ILO against the junta for using child soldiers. < Prev   Next >