Saturday, January 12, 2019

Journos who covered Rohingya massacre lose appeal against 7-year jail

Reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon in December 2017 and later jailed for violating the state secrets act. A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal on Friday by two the two journalists. Aung Naing, a judge at the Yangon regional high court, said Friday the original verdict was "not wrong according to the law" and was a "reasonable decision".

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