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Senior aide to Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to 20 years in prison - media

FILE PHOTO: Win Htein, one of the leaders of National League for Democracy party, arrives to attend opening ceremony of 21st Century Panglong conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

Win Htein, a senior aide to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday on charges of high treason, BBC Burmese and Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.

Win Htein, 79, was arrested in the aftermath of a February coup which has plunged Myanmar into chaos, ending a decade of tentative democracy and economic reform.

(Reporting by James Pearson, Editing by William Maclean)

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