
07/29/2022
Journalist jailed for terrorism
July 29, 2022
Freelance reporter Ko Maung Myo, also known as Maung Maung Myo, was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday by a junta court in Karen State’s Hpa-an under the Counter-Terrorism Law. Earlier this month, female journalist Ma Nyein Nyein Aye was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on incitement charges by a junta tribunal inside Yangon's Insein Prison. At least 140 journalists have been arrested since the coup and 63 of them remain behind bars. (Photo: Journalist Ko Maung Myo)
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