Myanmar man indicted:
A court in Myanmar indicted a man on Monday for insulting the military chief and former president on social media, under a controversial telecommunications law that activists have urged the new government to repeal.
Police and military prosecutors have filed a lawsuit accusing Hla Phone, 38, of posting a digitally altered image on his Facebook account showing the military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, wearing a traditional female skirt on his head.
Another picture showed a caricature of former president and retired general Thein Sein with the words “we are murderers”, and a third showed the national flag imprinted on a shoe.
The military ruled Myanmar for almost 50 years after a 1962 coup, crushing opposition until it began withdrawing from politics in 2011, and paving the way for a 2015 election won by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi. (RTRS)