8/21/22, 9:48 PM Filmmaker Gets A Year in Prison For Anti-Military Facebook Posts | Myanmar NOW Founder of Human Dignity Film Institute hit with military defamation lawsuit Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi has also been hit with defamation charges under section 66d of the Telecommunications Act, which also carries a maximum two-year sentence. He was granted bail for that charge, which relates to the same Facebook posts, and the 66d case has been stalled since then. His supporters have criticised the military and the judiciary for allowing the same person to be hit with two charges for the same offense. Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi Tatmadaw Article 505a Khin Moh Moh Lwin Khin Moh Moh Lwin is Reporter with Myanmar Now. Related Articles After calling process unconstitutional, nearly all Tatmadaw MPs register to discuss amendment bills Of 166 military-appointed MPs, 164 registered to debate bills, dwarfing number of NLD and ethnic-... Published on Feb 18, 2020 Farmers arrive at the Demoso township court on November 18 (Photo: Sandar Nyan/Myanmar Now) Farmers face seven years in prison for filling canal with dirt so they could cross it Peasants’ union says recently built canal cuts farmers off from land they’ve worked on for decades Published on Nov 21, 2019 Donate Independent media is under attack in Myanmar... help us hold the powerful to account. Donate Now As junta squeezes courts, Myanmar’s lawyers are forced to face their worst fears Even as they face threats to their own safety and freedom, some lawyers remain committed to representing political prisoners Tin Htet Paing Published on Aug 19, 2022 Nway Nway Eain Published on Aug 19, 2022 https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/filmmaker-gets-a-year-in-prison-for-anti-military-facebook-posts 3/16