Since 2016, Myanmar Courts Have Convicted 100% of People Charged Under Telecom Law 66 (d)

In 2016-17, every person charged under Section 66 (d) of Myanmar’s Telecommunications Law was convicted and sentenced to prison. The notorious Section 66(d) provides for up to three years in prison for “extorting, coercing, restraining wrongfully, defaming, disturbing, causing undue influence or threatening any person using a telecommunications network.”