Former U.K. Ambassador Vicky Bowman Sentenced to Prison in Myanmar for Address Mismatch

SINGAPORE—A court docket in junta-controlled Myanmar sentenced a former British ambassador and her husband to one yr in jail every for violating immigration regulation, because the navy regime continues to defy worldwide stress since seizing energy in a coup final yr.

Vicky Bowman, a citizen of the U.K. who lives in the Southeast Asian nation, was convicted of residing at an deal with—of a property owned by her husband—that was totally different from the one registered on her official paperwork, in accordance to the junta. Her husband, Htein Lin, a Myanmar nationwide, was convicted of abetting her. The couple was arrested on Aug. 24.