Myanmar bar owner says New Zealander responsible for Buddha ad
Posted: March 3, 2015 at 9:48 am
YANGON - The Myanmar owner of a Yangon bar accused of insulting Buddhism in a drinks promotion told the court Tuesday the New Zealand bar manager was responsible for the offending ad that could see them jailed for up to four years.
Philip Blackwood, a general manager of the VGastro bar in Yangon, has been held in the city's notorious Insein prison along with the bar's owner and manager, both Myanmar nationals, since posting the offending mocked-up photo of the Buddha wearing DJ headphones in December.
The poster triggered outrage in the Buddhist majority country, which is witnessing a surge in religious nationalism, and led to the arrest of the 32-year-old along with Tun Thurein, the bar's 40-year-old owner, and manager Htut Ko Ko Lwin, 26, for insulting religion.
Bar owner Tun Thurein made a personal appeal to the court Tuesday, saying Blackwood was responsible for the Facebook posting.
"It was not my instruction. I wasn't involved at all. We are not guilty," he told the court, asking for the release of himself and the manager.
The trio face up to four years in jail if found guilty of breaching the Religion Act with the contentious poster, which was quickly withdrawn from the bar's Facebook page as the furore erupted.
"The verdict will be given at 12pm (1.30pm Tues Singapore time) on Tuesday 17 March," court judge Ye Lwin said on Tuesday.
Under the act, anyone who attempts to insult, destroy or damage any religion can be punished by a maximum of two years in jail, with another two-year penalty for those who insult religion through the written word.
Delivering his final arguments, Blackwood's lawyer Mya Thway said his client had "no intention" of insulting religion and was simply promoting a cheap drinks night, reiterating a statement made by the New Zealander at an earlier hearing.
"I ask for the acquittal and release of Mr Philip," the lawyer told the court.
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The company is said to be targeting a valuation of up to 2bn.
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Directors and staff ranging from office workers to analysts are thought to own around 24 per cent of the shares in Wood Mackenzie, putting them in line to share handsomely again in its success.
Wood Mackenzie was bought by an American private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman in 2012. The deal valued Wood Mackenzie at 1.1bn and paved the way for payouts to employee shareholders averaging 250,000.
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