(((From SANS.)))
–Burmese Blogger Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
(November 12, 2008)
A Burmese blogger was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison for crimes against public tranquility and video and electronics laws offenses. Nay Myo Kyaw, who writes under the alias Nay Phone Latt, was arrested as part of a crackdown on dissidents. The lawyer who represented Nay Phone Latt and poet Saw Wai, who was sentenced to two years in prison for publishing a love poem that also served as an acrostic critical of Burma's dictator, also received a prison sentence for contempt of court.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5129509.ece
[Editor's Note (Pescatore): I guess the freedom of speech tradeoff is worth it. Progressive societies allow criticism of the government but have to put up with the Paris Hiltons and the like polluting "public tranquility"... ]
