Myanmar army to retain internet curbs to ensure rule of law, stability


FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's military spokesman General Zaw Min Tun attends a news conference ahead of the start of a new parliament term and the formation of the new government in Naypyitaw, Myanmar January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Thar Byaw/File Photo

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers have no immediate plans to lift restrictions on the internet because violence in the country is being provoked online, a junta spokesman said on Tuesday.

Most important to the country was the rule of law and stability, so the internet would be restricted for "a certain time period", spokesman Zaw Min Tun told a news conference. He said the military respected the media and though reporting protests was allowed, leading them was a crime.

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