Editor says Myanmar authorities have arrested two local journalists with online news service

Aung San Oo (left) and Myo Myint Oo, pose for a photograph in front of the office of the Tanintharyi Weekly Journal published by Dawei Watch media, in Dawei in 2020. - AP

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military government has arrested two journalists with a local online news service, their editor said Wednesday (Dec 13), in its latest crackdown on media freedom since seizing power nearly three years ago.

The chief editor of Dawei Watch, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from authorities, told The Associated Press that Aung San Oo and Myo Myint Oo were arrested late Monday at their homes in the coastal town of Myeik. The town is about 560km (350 miles) south of Yangon, the country’s biggest city.