Reuters Reporters Face 14 Years In Prison After Myanmar Brings Formal Charges
Prosecutors say the two men violated Myanmar's Official Secrets Act in rheir reporting. The case, which comes as Myanmar stands accused of ethnic cleansing, has drawn widespread criticism.
Authorities in Myanmar have brought formal charges against two Reuters reporters who were arrested last month as they reported on the government's treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had violated Myanmar's Official Secrets Act — a colonial-era law that bears a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
The two men allegedly obtained and — against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority. Since August, when an attack by Rohingya militants prompted the government crackdown, have fled the state for neighboring Bangladesh, just beyond Myanmar's border.
