An OnlyFans model has been jailed for six years in Burma for uploading nude photos on the app.
On Tuesday, a military court convicted model Nang Mwe San - a former doctor - for ‘harming culture and dignity’ by distributing ‘sexually explicit’ videos and photos for money.
The 34-year-old was convicted under Section 33 (A) of Myanmar's Electronics Transactions Law.
The court’s ruling has been criticised as being politically motivated, with Nang Mwe having taken part in anti-junta protests in the past.
Nang Mwe is thought to be the country’s - and perhaps world’s - first ever person to be imprisoned over OnlyFans content.
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Nang Mwe was arrested on 5 August under accusations of tarnishing Burmese culture by ‘distributing suggestive photos and videos on a foreign website for a fee’.
At the time of her arrest, Nang Mwe was living in a part of Myanmar that’s under martial law.
That same evening, the media (which is junta-controlled) confirmed that charges had been brought against not just Nang Mwe, but also Thinzar Wint Kyaw - a Burmese film star.
Nang Mwe was denied a lawyer and was trialled in a closed military court. She’s the first person to ever be prosecuted under Myanmar’s Electronic Communications Act.
Nang Mwe’s prosecution has been widely slammed by legal experts and human rights activists.
Speaking to VICE, Aung Kyaw Moe, a human rights adviser, called Nang Mwe’s sentencing a ‘gross human rights and women rights violation’ and said it was ‘targeted and intentional’.
Kyaw Moe told the outlet: “[She] was the first celebrity to raise their voice and ask the world for justice for the Rohingya just after the coup.
“[If] a model like Nang Mwe San is not free to exercise her rights to sell sexy photos, no other woman is free to exercise their rights. The international community must do more to hold the junta to account and protect women and girls in Myanmar.”
According to VICE, Nang Mwe uploaded 347 images and 74 videos on OnlyFans in total and in 2020 told the outlet: “Women in this country shouldn’t feel bad about what they are doing.
“Anything you are doing can also be a promotion for the country, then other people will notice your country.”
Not only did Nang Mwe take to the streets in protest in February 2021 following the Myanmar military’s ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government, but a month later, she denounced the junta’s crackdown on social media.
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