High-profile presence: Ye Htut, talking to journalists in Yangon, Myanmar in this file photo. — AP
A former high-profile Myanmar army officer who had served as information minister and presidential spokesperson has been has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sedition and incitement, a legal official said.
Ye Htut, a 64-year old retired lieutenant colonel, is the latest in a series of people arrested and jailed for writing Facebook posts allegedly spreading false or inflammatory news.
