A popular model was sentenced to six years in jail on Monday for her involvement in protests against the military regime. A military tribunal sentenced Nange Mwe San, a former doctor with a successful OnlyFans account, to six years in prison for hurting culture and dignity. Radio Free Asia spoke to a friend of the model who said that she was sentenced after a long trial. Nange Mwe San was against the military dictatorship that ousted the elected government. According to an interview with a lawyer close to the case, she was prosecuted under Section 33a of Electronic Transactions Law. She was sentenced in a closed military court. She is the first woman to be imprisoned for publishing content to OnlyFans. According to a report from Vice, Nang Mwe San had uploaded hundreds of images and videos to her OnlyFans account. She told Vice that women shouldn't feel bad about what they are doing. If Nang Mwe San is not free to sell sexy photos, no other woman is free to do the same.
The Section 33a statute threatens users with jail time for actions that are detrimental to the security of the state. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the law was put in place by a military dictatorship in 2004. It has had a negative effect on internet speech.
Because Nang Mwe San is from the North Dagon township, she was hit with a quick sentence by the military itself.
According to Junta-controlled media reports, the military government arrested Nang Mwe San at the same time as Thinszar Wint Kyaw. Exantria is a site similar to OnlyFans that is popular in the country. Nang Mwe San's case is being tried in a civil court since Thinzar Wint Kyaw was from a province that wasn't under martial law.
As much as the country's military dictatorship wants to make this a case about its culture, human rights groups and anti-Myanmar junta activists condemn the arrests and sentencing as politically motivated. A man named Thinszar Wint Kyaw was seen at a wedding wearing a uniform of a guerilla outfit.
The lawyer cited by RFA said that the ruling would not benefit the culture of the country. Section 33 of the ECA is too vague when it comes to what is considered harmful to the culture.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, 15,586 people have been arrested by the military in the country since the coup. Under the democratic government, the ruling junta began to destroy the Muslim-majority Rohingya people.
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