MANDALAY, Myanmar – According to sources close to the case, prominent Mandalay-based lawyer Ywet Nu Aung was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a junta-controlled court for violating Myanmar’s counterterrorism law.
The military accused her of financing terrorism in violation of Section 50j of the statute. The charge stems from Myanmar’s regime’s claims that a treasurer for a Mandalay-