"Experienced lawyers U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein were sentenced to four months imprisonment, and junior lawyers U Nyi Nyi Htway and U Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min to six months imprisonment under the antiquated 1926 Contempt of Courts Act, Section 3 (India Act XII, 1926)1 for fulfilling their duties as lawyers. Their convictions were clearly politically motivated to intimidate other lawyers from defending political activists and as revenge for the lawyers? dedication to seeking justice for their political activist clients. The Contempt of Courts Act, Section 3 (India Act XII, 1926) has only been applied once in the past 22 years. During the case of Daw Aye Kyi v. U Win Thaung, et al., Criminal General Applicant No. 122 (1986), a reporter wrote and published an article regarding the facts, allegations, and likely decision of the case. As this article was published before the judge had rendered a verdict, it influenced public opinion, and in the judge?s opinion, disturbed the judicial process. Because the damage to public opinion could not be retracted, the judge charged the reporter under Section 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act and ordered him to pay a fine of 500 Kyats or serve one month in prison without hard labor..."