LGBTQ activist Sue Sha Shinn Thant was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Mandalay District Court on 12 December.

The 32-year-old transgender woman was charged under penal code Sections 505(a) and 505(b) for making statements conducive to public mischief, section 50(j) of the counter-terrorism law and section 302/114 for murder, according to LGBTQ activist Saw Han Ngwe Oo.

“All I know is that she was sentenced to 22 years in prison under all those sections”, said Saw Han Ngwe Oo.

Sue Sha Shinn Thant was arrested in downtown Mandalay on 2 October 2021 when the security forces crashed a car into her motorcycle. She is currently serving her sentence at Mandalay’s Obo Prison.

Sue Sha Shinn Thant was crowned Miss Trans Grand International Myanmar 2018 and was the Yangon Region's representative on the Myanmar Youth Policy drafting committee. Since the February 2021 coup she was actively involved in the Spring Revolution campaign for democracy and fought against the military dictatorship.