Two Burmese students sentenced to two years in prison in Rakhine

Mya Htwe Shin, Narinjara News, 9 April 2022

Two students from Hmawbi University of Technology in Yangon, who were charged under section 17 (2) of the criminal code for associating with the Arakan Army (AA), have been  sentenced to two years in prison each on Friday by the Ann township court of Rakhien State.
According to their lawyer U Myint Maung, they were initially charged under section 17 (2) but later sentenced under section 17 (1) of the criminal code.
“They were charged under 17 (2), but the order was issued with 17 (1). They are getting benefits from the previous days of imprisonment terms,” he said.
Both the convicted students namely  Ma Thida Tint and Maung Sanday Kyaw are not residents of Rakhine State.
“They hail  from the mainland and were arrested on 22 June 2021 from a checkpoint in Taungup twonship of  Rakhine State. They remain active in Tat Taung area of Ann township,” added the lawyer.

Capt. Kyaw Zin Oo of the 544th battalion based in Taungup  filed a lawsuit against them alleging their links with the AA.
Currently both of them are at Ann township police station and will be taken to Thandwe prison soon, an  official from the police station informed  Narinjara News.