Indonesian influencer given 7-year Myanmar prison sentence

An Indonesian influencer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for meeting with anti-regime fighters in junta-ruled Myanmar, a foreign ministry official in Jakarta said Wednesday.

Myanmar has been consumed by a many-sided civil war since the military snatched power in a 2021 coup, with millions of people displaced, according to United Nations figures.

The Indonesian social media influencer, identified by officials as a 33-year-old with the initials A.P., was arrested by Myanmar authorities in December.