YANGON, Myanmar – According to a source familiar with the case, a court controlled by Myanmar’s military council sentenced UK ex-ambassador Vicky Bowman and her Burmese husband, Htein Lin, to one year in prison on Friday for violating the country’s immigration laws.
The decision comes more than a week after the couple was arrested on August 24 at their home in Yangon’s Sanchaung Township and taken to the city’s n