Post by joko on Apr 22, 2018 18:24:28 GMT 7
Brave cop... His career is over with the police... but he could sure run for office!
This story has been closely followed by those interested in Myanmar. Jailing Reuters journalists is not going to get you favorable press coverage around the world. It also touches on the situation in Rakhine. The question is whether or not under Myanmar's antiquated legal code, which is essentially the one they inherited from the colonial British, it will even matter. They could still be guilty even though it was entrapment.
Myanmar police ordered the entrapment of two reporters for Reuters news agency on trial for allegedly possessing state secrets for their work investigating violence against Rohingya Muslims by the military in Rakhine state, a police officer said Friday during sworn testimony before the court...
www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-police-officer-tells-court-reuters-journalists-were-set-up-04202018172712.html
This story has been closely followed by those interested in Myanmar. Jailing Reuters journalists is not going to get you favorable press coverage around the world. It also touches on the situation in Rakhine. The question is whether or not under Myanmar's antiquated legal code, which is essentially the one they inherited from the colonial British, it will even matter. They could still be guilty even though it was entrapment.
Myanmar police ordered the entrapment of two reporters for Reuters news agency on trial for allegedly possessing state secrets for their work investigating violence against Rohingya Muslims by the military in Rakhine state, a police officer said Friday during sworn testimony before the court...
www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-police-officer-tells-court-reuters-journalists-were-set-up-04202018172712.html
