Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...

Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said. The UN agency's governing body had for the release of the three who were convicted of high treason on 28 November 2003, saying the incident cast doubt on the credibility of the regime's cooperation with the ILO. But in a report provided to AFP it said that in a March 17 meeting, Labour Minister Tin Win told the ILO's Yangon representative that having contacts with the organisation was not illegal. The minister said that even if the three were convicted of providing false information, they should only have faced a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment. "In his view, therefore, it was clear that the judge had made mistakes and the case would have to be reviewed," said the organisation which has battled for years to end the practice of forced labour in Myanmar.