Myanmar sentences two to death for N.Korea leak

AFP ^ | 01/08

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Myanmar sentences two to death for N.Korea leak

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YANGON (AFP) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced two officials to death for leaking information, sources said Friday, in a case reportedly involving secret ties between the ruling junta and North Korea.

The men, along with a third who was jailed for 15 years, were arrested last year after details and photos about a trip to nuclear-armed North Korea by the Myanmar regime's third-in-command were leaked to exiled media, reports said.

"Two officials got the death sentence and another one was jailed for 15 years for leaking information. They were sentenced at the special court in Insein Prison on Thursday," an official source said on condition of anonymity.

The two condemned men were retired army major Win Naing Kyaw and foreign ministry official Thura Kyaw, while the man given a 15-year sentence was Pyan Sein, also a foreign ministry employee, the official sources said.

Myanmar has the death penalty but sentences are almost always commuted to life imprisonment.

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P!

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Myanmar trying to emulate North Korea....Burma (its real name) is under one of the most oppresive governments out there....of course....some Liberal Globalist will want to start Free Trading with them.....

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The people that Adoniram Judson gave his life for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoniram_Judson

[tet68]

while the man given a 15-year sentence was Pyan Sein

Photo of Mr. Pyan.