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July 24, 2018

Jailed Reuters Journalist Accuses Burmese Police of Framing Him
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In Burma, jailed Reuters journalist Wa Lone, who helped expose a Burmese
military massacre of Rohingya Muslims, has accused the police of framing
him, handing him documents he had not sought only minutes before he and
his colleague, Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested in December. These documents
are being used by Burmese prosecutors as evidence to argue the two
Reuters journalists have violated the colonial-era Official Secrets Act,
which carries up to 14 years in prison. The two journalists have been
jailed since December.


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