Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing-led military junta arrested two more journalists from Dawei, the headquarter of Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar, on 19 January 2022, local media reported. Ko Zaw and Ma Moe Myint were arrested along with a media employee Ko Thar Gyi, who also works for DaweiWatch Burmese news portal
Author: Nava Thakuria
Nava Thakuria is the South Asia Representative of Press Emblem Campaign (PEC)
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