Myanmar military arrests more journalists in media crackdown, says editor

The junta has previously said it respected the role of the media but would not allow reporting that it deemed false or likely to cause public unrest. - Reuters

YANGON, Jan 20 (Reuters): Myanmar's military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday, the latest detentions under a media crackdown that has occurred since last year's coup.

Moe Myint, a 35-year-old journalist and a mother-of-three, was detained on Tuesday in Dawei, a city in southern Myanmar, said the editor, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.