Refusing to be silenced, some journos work from the shadows


Democracy dream lost: Photos of Suu Kyi hanging in a shop in Yangon. Her administration has brought charges against 31 journalists to date. — Reuters

Hiding from Myanmar’s police, journalist Aung Marm Oo (pic) refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as his country prepares for an election later this year.

“Democracy is already dead, ” the 37-year-old editor-in-chief of Development Media Group (DMG) said from a location he asked to keep secret.

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