Myanmar Judge Jails Reuters Reporters For Seven Years
50 views · Published 4 September 2018 · 1:03 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: IBTimes UK · 2018 · Travel & Events
A Myanmar judge on September 3 found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years. Yangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, breached the colonial-era Official Secrets Act when they collected and obtained confidential documents.
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