Chit Su Win, wife of Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo looks at Pan Ei Mon, wife of Reuters journalist Wa Lone during family and lawyers press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
YANGON (Reuters) - The wives of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar jailed for seven years on official secrets charges insisted on Tuesday that the men were innocent and called for them to be released and reunited with their young families as soon as possible.
A court found the two journalists guilty on Monday in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in Myanmar, which was ruled by a military junta until 2011.
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