A famous Burmese comedian and three other activists who helped deliver relief supplies to cyclone victims could be imprisoned for two years on charges of causing public unrest.
Zarganar, the country's most popular comedian, was arrested in June after giving interviews to foreign media in which he criticised the military regime's slow response to the 2 May cyclone that killed more than 84,000 people. According to their lawyer, Aung Thein, they will be charged for breaking the law that makes it illegal for 'anyone to circulate a statement or rumor with intent to cause alarm to the public'.
