Student union official sentenced to 15 years

29 December 2022
Student union official sentenced to 15 years

Ko Aung Kyaw Khant, a second-year nursing student at Mandalay Nurse Training School and an official of the Mandalay District Students' Union, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

She was sentenced under Section 50 (j) of the counter-terrorism law at Mandalay's Obo Prison Court on 26 December.

Ko Aung Kyaw Khant ,who was arrested on 5 June 2022, was the head of the Mandalay District Students' Union's news and information team and took part in the protests against the military junta following the February 2021 coup.

“When you are arrested by the regime, they will charge you with whatever they want. I'm not happy with the regime's decision to imprison innocent people for so long,” said another young revolutionary