Four Burmese gold mine workers, who were arrested for leading a march to Naypidaw in November, were sentenced to six months imprisonment at a Pegu court on Thursday for protesting without permission and instigating public unrest.
The four men were protesting the government's decision to close the small Moehti Moemi gold mine in central Burma to make way for a major conglomerate, called the Myanmar National Prosperity Public Company Limited (NPPCL), which rendered them jobless.
The men, identified as Ye Yint Htun, Naing Win, Nay Aung Htet and Saw Naung, were arrested by police on 23 November 2012, along with forty other miners.
They were then charged for protesting without permission under article-18 of Burma's controversial 2011 law on peaceful assembly and procession, and article 505(b) of the country's draconian penal code for sedition.
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