Niranjan Rasalingam had no lawyer and was at first unaware of his full sentence for role in ATM card scam that he denies A court in Myanmar has sentenced a 30-year-old British man to 17 years in jail in a case that has attracted criticism after he was held for more than a year without charge. Niranjan Rasalingam, an accountant from Croydon, was arrested in 2014 alongside three Indian nationals on suspicion of stealing 25.2m kyats (£13,744) using cloned ATM cards in Yangon.
British accountant sentenced to 17 years in Myanmar jail in controversial court case
The Guardian - 23 Jun 2017 07:57
Niranjan Rasalingam had no lawyer and was at first unaware of his full sentence for role in ATM card scam that he denies A court in Myanmar has sentenced a 30-year-old British man to 17 years in jail in a case that has attracted criticism after he was held for more than a year without charge. Niranjan Rasalingam, an accountant from Croydon, was arrested in 2014 alongside three Indian nationals on suspicion of stealing 25.2m kyats (£13,744) using cloned ATM cards in Yangon.
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