Myanmar jails Britain's former ambassador and spouse for a year

Vicky Bowman and her husband Htein Lin were arrested on Aug. 24

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Vicky Bowman currently runs the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. (Photo from MCRB website)

(Reuters) -- A court in Myanmar has jailed a former British ambassador and her spouse for one year for violating immigration laws, sources and media said on Friday, prompting concern from rights activists at secretive trials under military rule.

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