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Two reporters from the Reuters news agency were charged with obtaining secret documents by a Myanmar court. They started a trial that could lead to their incarceration for 14 years. The two reporters, Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, pleaded not guilty after being charged with breaking the law on official secrets of the colonial era. The reporters told Yangon District Judge, Ye Lwin, that they had followed journalistic ethics and, speaking to reporters outside the court on Monday, Wa Lone said that "I have not heard from you. they had not committed any crime and would testify to their innocence in court. "We will face the court," he said. "We will not back down, abandon or be shaken by it." Reuters editor Stephen J. Adler said he was "deeply disappointed" with the decision. "These Reuters journalists were doing their job independently and impartially, and there are no facts or evidence to suggest that they did something wrong or broke a law," he said. said in a statement. "Today's decision casts serious doubt on Myanmar's commitment to freedom of the press and the rule of law."
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