Poet, translator, and teacher Myo Tazar Maung was arrested on September 20, 2021, after he posted on Facebook expressing criticism regarding the military government. He was charged with Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, which criminalizes speech that “is likely to cause fear or alarm in the public,” and was sentenced to a 2-year jail term in May 2022. He was released in an amnesty in January 2023.
