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The Burmese man jailed for a Facebook comment
May Sabe Phyu is one of Myanmar's best known activists. She met President Obama when he visited in 2012 and received the US International Women of Courage Award earlier this year. But now her husband Patrick Khum Jaa Lee is in prison, accused of defamation for a Facebook comment on a photo of a man treading on a portrait of the army chief.
(Photo: Activist May Sabe Phyu Credit: 蜜芽传媒)
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