- Web Master
- September 14, 2023
Mya Htwe Shin, Narinjara News, 7 April 2022
Former Rakhine State Prime Minister U Nyi Pu and State municipal minister U Min Aung, who
had already faced imprisonment for more than 10 years, was sentenced to four months
(if they cannot pay the fine amounting
to kyat 50000) on Wednesday in another case of election
frauds.
According to their lawyer Kyaw Soe Lin, they were sentenced by
the special court of
Sittwe prison for four months in prison if they do not pay the fine (kyat 50000).
“If they pay the fine, they need not to go for extra four months behind the bars. Both of them denied
initially to pay the amount, but an
NLD leader paid kyat 50000 for each in the court. So, the judge cancelled those extra months in
prison,” added the lawyer.
Both were accused of committing election frauds during the 2020 national elections. On 8
December, Rakhine State Election Commission deputy director U Thurin Htut charged U Nyi Pu
under section 130 (a) of the Penal Code. On the other hand, U Min Aung was charged
under
section 109 for aiding and abetting U Nyi Pu's election frauds.
Both were charged under these sections by the Sittwe special
prison court
on 3 March.
They were sentenced along with three other former ministers
under section
55 of the Anti-Corruption Law on 19 January by the special prison court, where U
Nyi Pu was sentenced to nine years and U Min Aung to seven years.
In addition, U Nyi Pu was also sentenced with hard labour
and two more
years in prison for a defamation case against the State under section 505 (b) of the
Penal Code.