A senior aide to Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for high treason by a military tribunal, his family has revealed.
U Win Htein, 79, has become the first high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party to be tried and sentenced by the junta that came to power via military coup on February 1. The NLD is led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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