Myanmar's Military Jails Soldiers for 20 Years in Rape Case

Myanmar’s Military Jails Soldiers for 20 Years in Rape Case
10 December 2020
7 December 2020
The rape victim. / Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy
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By Khine Rola 11 December 2020
SITTWE — Myanmar’s military has sentenced three soldiers who raped a Rakhine woman in Rathedaung Township in late June to 20 years in prison.
“The court-martial sentenced the three to 20 years in prison with hard labor. They were then sent to Sittwe Prison,” said Daw Nyo Aye, chairwoman of Rakhine Women’s Network, who attended the trial on Friday.
The three privates, who confessed to committing rape, were prosecuted under the 1959 Defence Services Act and Articles 366, 376 and 144 of the Penal Code on Dec. 3.

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