Myanmar journalists reunite on the run from the junta
On February 1, just hours after a military coup in Myanmar, the leaders of the Mizzima media group held an emergency meeting in Yangon.
The main journalists at the store had begun to come up with an operational protection plan a few days earlier, when rumors spread about the approaching purchase.
When the military took power, it was clear that the junta of Min Aung Hlaingen would revoke Mizzima’s license and block his TV signal and force journalists to enter the underground.
“Either you stay with Mizzima, fight together to risk your life for at least two years, or you won’t work for us,” Soe Myint’s general manager told staff.