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A Thai court recently imposed fines on three Myanmar journalists and their two associates who illegally crossed into Thailand to escape a military crackdown and censorship. The five, including three employees of independent broadcasting station Democratic Voice of Burma, were fined 4,000 baht (US$128) each by a court in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, after pleading guilty to the immigration offense. They potentially face seven months imprisonment if they violate the terms of their one-year probation. After being fined and sentenced, the five were taken into custody by immigration authorities i.
YANGON (Reuters): A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday (June 2) jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top US official called an attack on freedom of expression.
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Published: 03 Jun 2021 12:39 PM BdST
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A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top US official called an attack on freedom of expression. );
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A military court in southern Myeik sentenced Aung Kyaw of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter for Mizzima, to two years in prison over their reporting of anti-junta protests, Mizzima and DVB said.