Myanmar’s military has opened a case under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law against an editor and a reporter at the Sittwe-based Development Media Group (DMG) in Rakhine State.
Editor U Ne Win San and reporter Ma Hnin Nwe were charged over a news story about alleged theft by government troops of rice from a village in Kyauktaw Township after villagers had fled clashes.
The story said: “Villagers said Tatmadaw soldiers, who were temporarily deployed in the mountains near Marlar village in Kyauktaw Township, took 700 baskets of rice while the villagers were away after fleeing clashes.”
U Ne Win San said he viewed the lawsuit as a threat to media agencies to prevent them from reporting on the Tatmadaw in the state. “This is intended to scare off the media in Rakhine State,” he said.
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