YANGON: A military court in Myanmar has jailed a journalist for life and sentenced another to 20 years in prison after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said on Thursday (Aug 29).
Aung San Oo and Myo Myint Oo, pose for a picture in front of the office of the Tanintharyi Weekly Journal published by Dawei Watch media, in Dawei township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar , in 2020. via AP)YANGON: A military court in Myanmar has jailed a journalist for life and sentenced another to 20 years in prison after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said on Thursday .
Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo, who work for the independent online news service Dawei Watch, were sentenced after being denied the right to legal defence and not being allowed to speak in court, editor Ko Kyaw told AFP.civilian government in February 2021, Myanmar's military junta has waged a sweeping and bloody campaign against dissent, including targeting independent journalists.
The two journalists were arrested at their homes in the coastal town of Myeik, about 560km south of Yangon on Dec 11 last year. Myo Mynit Oo, 40, was handed a life sentence on May 15, while Aung San Oo, 49, was handed a 20-year jail term on Feb 16. They were"violently interrogated" for four days in a detention centre before being transferred to the Myeik Prison, a statement from Dawei Watch said.Ko Kyaw said he learned about the sentences earlier this year but delayed announcing them for the security of the journalists' families, without providing further details.
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