Reuters pair in Myanmar not jailed because of journalism

Reuters pair in Myanmar not jailed because of journalism - Suu Kyi

By THE MANILA TIMES

Sep 13, 2018 12:15 pm

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. AFP PHOTO

HANOI: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that two Reuters journalists jailed for investigating a massacre in Rakhine state were not convicted because they were journalists but because they broke the law.

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