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    Delta man jailed for posting clip of anti-war play
    May 8, 2018in Lead Story, Military, News631by DVB
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    Delta man jailed for posting clip of anti-war play

    The judge in Pathein said the broadcast was deemed slanderous to the servicemen of the Burmese army and their families.

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    Reuters reporters trial: Court accepts 'entrapment' testimony
    May 2, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News648by REUTERS
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    Reuters reporters trial: Court accepts 'entrapment' testimony

    In what defence lawyers said was a key ruling in favour of the two reporters, the judge accepted the testimony of Police Captain Moe Yan Naing.

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    Reuters reporters' trial: Family of police witness evicted
    April 22, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News901by REUTERS
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    Reuters reporters' trial: Family of police witness evicted

    The family has temporarily taken shelter in an apartment belonging to the policeman’s brother.

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    Police officer testifies in Reuters reporters' trial
    February 14, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News, Rohingya509by YE MON
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    Police officer testifies in Reuters reporters' trial

    This latest hearing came a day after literary rights group PEN America announced it was presenting the Reuters reporters with its Freedom to Write Award.

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    Detained Reuters journalists denied bail
    February 1, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News195by YE MON
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    Detained Reuters journalists denied bail

    Judge Ye Lwin told reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, that they were ineligible for bail under the terms of the colonial-era law.

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    Tanintharyi assembly sues local newspaper over satire
    December 22, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News, Tenasserim320by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Tanintharyi assembly sues local newspaper over satire

    “Our media outlet takes sole responsibility for the publication of each article,” said Myo Aung. “As editor-in-chief of Tanintharyi Weekly, it is I who will face any legal proceedings.”

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