A Chance to Fix in Time: Analysis of Freedom of Expression in Four Years Under the Current Government 2.5.3 Anyeint Performers Charged for Military’s Torture Scene Lieutenant Colonel Myint Oo of the Tatmadaw’s Naypyidaw Command opened lawsuits under Section 500 of the Penal Code at Zabuthiri township court in April 2019 against the four comedians of Zwe Anyient performance - Ar Lu, Sein Lan, Zout Htoo, Doe Pauk and Anyeint leader Ko Pan Thee alleging one of the scenes of Anyeint damaged the Tatmadaw’s reputation. The Anyeint included a scene in which a man wearing a military uniform put his feet on a civilian’s shoulder when they performed the Anyeint in March 2019. Ko Pan Thee, one of the accused, responded that “it was a plot of a story depicting a romance between a soldier and an Anyeint actress and there was no words insulting or damaging the Tatmadaw”. The court found they were guilty and imposed a sentence of four-month imprisonment or a fine of one hundred thousand Kyat (100,000 MMK). They chose the latter. 2.6 Electronic Transactions Law Must Be Repealed The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) adopted Electronic Transactions Law on April 20, 2004. Section 34(d) of the law states “creating, modifying or altering of information or distributing of information created, modified or altered by electronic technology to be detrimental to the interest of or to lower the dignity of any organization or any person”. Electronic Transactions Law became notorious along with prosecutions and arrests in the 2007 Saffron Revolution. The law was amended in February 2014. The manimal jail term was reduced to five years and maximum jail term was reduced to seven years too in Section 33. The imprisonment was also changed into a fine from five million Kyat (5,000,000 MMK) to 10 million Kyat (10,000,000 MMK) . However, the law is still an obstacle for freedom of expression and a subject of misusing with its unchanged objectives. The government and the Tatmadaw have potential to oppress people anytime as the law is still effective although a few Electronic Transactions Law cases were found under the current government. Therefore, the law should be repealed as soon as possible and a cyber crime law should be adopted in accordance with human rights standards in order to take actions on probable crimes committed by using the internet. 2.6.1 Prosecution Over Criticism of Police Force With Myanmar Police Force’s official instruction, Pyinmana police force brought a lawsuit against Thaka Moe Nyo (aka) Dr. Win Ko Ko Thein under Section 34(d) of Electronic Transactions Law on July 10, 2019. Dr. Win Ko Ko Thein was released on 10 millions Kyat (10,000,000 MMK) bail from Pyinmana police force after a three-hour interrogation. 24 Chapter (2): Freedom of Expression