A Rangoon court on Wednesday added 10 years to the sentence of Burmese photographer Sithu Zeya on charges of violating the country's draconian Electronics Act. Sithu Zeya had originally been sentenced in May 2010 to eight years in prison for violating the 1957 Unlawful Associations Act, accused of having contact with illegal organizations, as well as a charge of violating the Immigration Act. The 21-year-old photographer was arrested on April 15 last year and detained in Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison after photographing the aftermath of the bomb blasts that shook the traditional New Year's water festival in Rangoon, killing 10 people and injuring 170. During interrogation, Sithu Zeya reportedly admitted his former relationship with an official from the exile media organization Democratic Voice of Burma, and that he attended media training in Thailand. These confessions were presented by the plaintiff to the court. In January, The Irrawaddy reported that, while in Insein, Sithu Zeya had been held for a number of days in kennels normally used for housing the prison's security dogs for not paying respect to the prison guards. His father Maung Maung Zeya is the son of the well-known late writer Saya Linyone. Muang Maung Zeya was arrested at his home on April 16, 2010, and was also detained in Insein Prison. According to his lawyers, Maung Maung Zeya was charged with violating the 1957 Unlawful Associations Act for contacts he made with the exile government in Thailand. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison on April 1 this year, the day after President Thein Sein assumed office. Another long-term casualty of Burma's severe judicial system is Nay Myo Zin who worked as a volunteer for a blood donor group affiliated with the opposition National League for Democracy. Nay Myo Zin was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, accused of breaking the Electronic Transactions Act, Article 33(a), at the end of August.