Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar judge on Tuesday allowed the submission of evidence police say they obtained from the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters arrested in December for alleged possession of secret documents, in what has become a landmark press freedom case.
The court in Yangon has been holding hearings since January to decide whether Wa Lone, 32, and his Reuters colleague Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, will be charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
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