'Penis poet' Maung Saungkha sentenced to jail for defamation, then released

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated May 26 2016 - 1:33am, first published 12:15am
Myanmar poet Maung Saungkha and girlfriend in a photo from his Imgrum account hashtaged #couple#dating#love. Photo: Imgrum
Myanmar poet Maung Saungkha and girlfriend in a photo from his Imgrum account hashtaged #couple#dating#love. Photo: Imgrum
The notorious Insein Prison near Myanmar's capital Yangon. Photo: Phyo WP/Commons
The notorious Insein Prison near Myanmar's capital Yangon. Photo: Phyo WP/Commons

Bangkok: Myanmar poet Maung Saungkha insists he does not have a portrait of his country's former president Thein Sein tattooed on his penis although he was not asked to prove the point in court.

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