YANGON (REUTERS) - Convicted of breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act, Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had spent more than 500 days in jail when they were freed on Tuesday (May 7).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
YANGON - Convicted of breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act, Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had spent more than 500 days in jail when they were freed on Tuesday .
President Win Myint has pardoned thousands of prisoners in amnesties since last month. It is customary in Myanmar for authorities to free prisoners across the country around the time of the traditional New Year, which began on April 17. During months of preliminary hearings and a trial last year, defence lawyers had argued the reporters were jailed in a"pre-planned and staged" attempt to silence their reporting.
Trial judge Ye Lwin convicted the two journalists in September, determining that"confidential documents" the prosecution said were found on the two would have been useful to"enemies of the state and terrorist organisations".
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