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Rape Victims Struggle to Find Justice in Myanmar

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Rape Victims Struggle to Find Justice in Myanmar

By Ei Cherry Aung
Myanmar Now

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Hla Hla Yee, director of Legal Clinic Myanmar, taken on Jan. 27, 2016. Photo: Thin Lei Win / Myanmar Now

YANGON — Last year, a cleaner hired by Phu Pwint’s family raped the 11-year-old girl when she was alone in her home in Hlaing Tharyar Township in northern Yangon.

The man was arrested for the crime and the victim’s parents received help from women’s rights activists and lawyers in Yangon to try to ensure that the perpetrator would receive the maximum legal punishment.

After months of slow-moving court proceedings, however, the family was dismayed when the judge sentenced the defendant to six years’ imprisonment, instead of the 10 years to life in prison set out in the Penal Code.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1455273561

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-- Khaosod English 2016-01-12

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