Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court today with breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years in jail, provoking a barrage of calls for their immediate release. <br/><br/>Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were arrested a month ago under the Official Secrets Act after they were allegedly given classified documents by two policemen over dinner. <br/><br/>The pair had been reporting on the military campaign in the northern state of Rakhine that has forced some 655,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee over the border to Bangladesh since August. The UN and US have condemned the violence as ethnic cleansing.
News On AIR | January 10, 2018 6:10 PM
2 Reuters reporters charged by police in Myanmar court under Official Secrets Act