Myanmar's top court hears Reuters reporters' appeal in official secrets case


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019

FILE PHOTO: Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo leaves after listening to the verdict at Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar, September 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Supreme Court heard the appeal on Tuesday of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy.

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians involving Myanmar soldiers.

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