Three 88 Generation Peace and Open Society members, Ma Nu Nu Aung, Ma Khet Khet Aung and Ko Myat Thu were each sentenced to 15 years in prison.

They were sentenced to 10 years in prison under section 50(j) and five years in prison under section 51(c) of the counter- terrorism law at the Kyaikmaraw Prison Court on 23 December.

Ma Nu Nu Aung’s sister said: "All three were arrested in Hpa-An Town. My sister is not a terrorist. The Military council charged her under the Terrorism Act, I am very unhappy. At some point the Military Council will have to take responsibility for its actions.”

Ma Nu Nu Aung was arrested with her friend Ma Khet Khet Aung and her son Ko Myat Thu after they had visited a clinic in Hpa-An Township in Karen State.

The three of them were interrogated at an interrogation centre in Mawlamyine for 12 days before being sent to Kyaikmaraw Prison.

Ma Nu Nu Aung and Ma Khet Khet Aung are both 53 years old, Ko Myat Thu is 24 years old.