A court in junta-ruled Myanmar jailed a high-profile Christian pastor for six years on Friday on charges of terrorism and illegal assembly, his lawyer said. | AFP
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar citizens who live in Thailand, hold a portrait of former Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi as they protest against the execution of pro-democracy activists, at Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Bangkok, Thailand — A court in junta-ruled Myanmar jailed a high-profile Christian pastor for six years on Friday on charges of terrorism and illegal assembly, his lawyer said. Since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February 2021, Myanmar’s military has regularly jailed those it deems a threat, often on charges rights groups say are flimsy.Hkalam Samson, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, met then US president Donald Trump at the White House in 2019 as part of a multinational delegation highlighting religious persecution.
The pastor was sentenced on three charges by a court inside a prison in Myitkyina, the capital of the northern Kachin State, his lawyer told AFP.
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