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INSANE: Myanmar sentences lawmaker from aung san suu kyi s party to death | Rare Historical Photos

A former lawmaker from the ruling National League for Democracy has been given the death sentence for alleged attacks on security forces [File: Stringer/EPA]

A closed military court in Myanmar has sentenced a lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party and a prominent democracy activist to death.

The NLD’s Phyo Zeyar Thaw, who was arrested in November, was sentenced to death for offences under the country’s Counterterrorism Law, a statement from the generals said.

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