Myanmar releases 2 journalists from prison
by Shashank Bengali and Cape Diamond, Los Angeles Times
May 08, 2019
4 minutes
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar freed two journalists from the Reuters news agency Tuesday after imprisoning them for more than 500 days for reporting on military atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo walked out of Insein prison outside Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, about 9 a.m., into a throng of journalists and onlookers who snapped pictures and slapped the men on their backs.
Wearing traditional sarongs, they smiled and waved to supporters before being whisked to a joyous reunion with their wives, young daughters and colleagues at a Yangon hotel.
"I'm really happy and excited to see my family and
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