The most prominent political leader in Myanmar, the 76-year-old Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, was given a four-year prison sentence on Monday. Hours later, the head of the military junta that took control of the country on Feb. 1 in a coup lowered her prison term to two years. But Aung San Suu Kyi still faces numerous other charges that bring up a sentence of up to 100 years. The World’s Patrick Winn has the latest, and he speaks with host Marco Werman.
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