Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) talks to reporters after his hearing in Yangon, Myanmar April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar civil groups signed an open letter to the country's president on Thursday, urging him to immediately release two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret government papers and police officers involved in what it called an "obviously an unreasonable case".
The letter, signed by 163 civil society groups, also asked newly-elected Myanmar President Win Myint to "seek justice and truth" and to set up an investigation committee to "reveal justice as soon as possible in order to maintain people's trust in the judiciary sector."
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