A Chance to Fix in Time: Analysis of Freedom of Expression in Four Years Under the Current Government A land dispute erupted between the Tatmadaw’s Logistics and Transport Battalion (121) and resident peasants after the battalion fenced the 173 acres of land as their dairy cattle project area at Min Te field, Wah Net village, Lun Kaung village tract, Area (3), Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay Region on April 29 2019. A press conference was held at Takhon Farmers’ Union’s office in Mandalay on May 19. Then, major Ye Ko Ko Win of Tatmadaw’s Logistics and Transport Battalion (121) lodged lawsuits under Section 66(d) of Telecommunications Law against seven peasants and Ko Win Naing Oo, a video journalist who presented about the dispute with the title, “Residents Will Protest Over Tatmadaw’s Occupying Land in the Name of Cattle Project” via Channel Mandalay TV. Such filing lawsuits under Telecommunications is restricting the freedom of information and violating the freedom of expression. 2.1.3 Film Maker Jailed for Allegedly Spreading Incitement to Mutiny U Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, the founder of Human Rights and Human Dignity International Film Festival (Myanmar) was one of the victims of Section 66(d) of Telecommunications Law. The Tatmadaw’s Yangon Command brought a lawsuit against him in April 2019, claiming his comments posted on social media between February 15 and March 22 are affronting the reputation of the Tatmadaw. He was sued under two separate charges; another charge was under Section 505(a) of the U Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi seen at a court appearance 12 Chapter (2): Freedom of Expression

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