Vicky Bowman and her husband - the prominent Burmese artist Htein Lin - were jailed for a year each, a diplomatic source with knowledge of the case said on Friday.
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Vicky Bowman, who served as envoy from 2002 to 2006, was arrested on Wednesday in the commercial hub Yangon, according to the source who requested anonymity