Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Parliament Speaker Mann Win Khaing Than seen here arriving for the ceremony of the ASEAN Interparliamentary Assembly in Naypyidaw on September 30. AFP / AUNG HTET
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Parliament Speaker Mann Win Khaing Than seen here arriving for the ceremony of the ASEAN Interparliamentary Assembly in Naypyidaw on September 30. AFP / AUNG HTET

YANGON: Myanmar on Tuesday scrapped a law used by the former military government to silence political activists, which threatened jail for anyone who endangered public morality or execution for damaging telephone lines.

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