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By MIN LWIN | Three political activists were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on Wednesday by a court in Rangoon’s Sanchaung Township in a continuing crackdown by the regime on dissidents.

Dee Nyein Lin, a leading member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, was sentenced to six years and six months imprisonment on charges relating to his involvement in anti-government demonstrations, family members reported.

Kyaw Zwa was sentenced to two consecutive terms of five years and six years imprisonment, while Kyaw San received a four-year sentence.

Dee Nyein Lin’s father, Zaw Zaw Min, a member of the 88 Generation Students group, was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment on November 11 by a court in Rangoon’s Insein Prison, along with several other members of the group.

Dee Nyein Lin’s grandfather, veteran journalist Saw Win, a member of the opposition National League for Democracy, died in prison in 1998, seven years into a 10-year sentence.

In the current crackdown, about 80 political activists, students, journalists, a poet and a blogger have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 65 years imprisonment on charges relating to involvement in the August-September 2007 demonstrations and infringements of laws on illegal assembly, resisting officials on duty, disturbing public order and regulations governing Internet use.