LGBTQ Activist receives 22-year jail sentence

Published date15 December 2022
Publication titleMizzima News

LGBTQ activist Sue Sha Shinn Thant was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Mandalay District Court on 12 December.

The 32-year-old transgender woman was charged under penal code Sections 505(a) and 505(b) for making statements conducive to public mischief, section 50(j) of the counter-terrorism law and section 302/114 for murder, according to LGBTQ activist Saw Han Ngwe Oo.

'All I know is that she was sentenced to 22 years in prison under all those sections', said Saw Han Ngwe Oo.

Sue Sha Shinn Thant was arrested in downtown Mandalay on 2 October 2021 when the...

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