Junta-era Defamation

A man has been jailed for nine months after calling Myanmar's president "crazy" in a Facebook post, his wife said on Friday, in the latest use of a junta-era defamation law under the new civilian government.

A court in Myanmar has declined to drop a charge against a young woman accused of poking fun at Myanmar's army chief on Facebook, highlighting the challenges faced by the former dictatorship as it grapples with a social media explosion and other newfound freedoms of expression.

A man has been jailed for nine months after calling Myanmar's president "crazy" in a Facebook post, his wife said on Friday, in the latest use of a junta-era defamation law under the new civilian government.

A court in Myanmar has declined to drop a charge against a young woman accused of poking fun at Myanmar's army chief on Facebook, highlighting the challenges faced by the former dictatorship as it grapples with a social media explosion and other newfound freedoms of expression.