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Myanmar: Death Sentence for Leaking “State Secrets”

Written bytan
Posted 14 January 2010 0:57 GMT

A special court in Burmese prison Insein has sentenced two former government officials to death for leaking information about military ties with North Korea.

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  • Denys Goldthorpe

    Thitsaphout Than Shwe and his criminal associates are the ones who have earned the right to be executed for crimes against humanity. Thitsaphout Than Shwe is guilty of mass genocide of the Burmese people; he and his criminal thugs have the soul right to be called enemies of the state.

    1 February 2010, 14:20 pm
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