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The two journalists report to the Reuters news agency about the massacre of ten roasted stars in September of last year in the western part of Myanmar, formerly known as name of Burma. Morden led to a mass raid of 700,000 Rohingians to neighboring Bangladesh, according to the UN.
The journalists claim to have been duped by an unknown police who gave them a classified document just before their arrest.
Authorities and national leader Aung San Suu Kyi did not comment on the case but referred to the country's legal system.
Swedish Aid
– Both reporters do their job but are treated as enemies, according to Sein Win, curator of a press institute, Susan Ritzen, SVT News correspondent, and Nicolai Zellmani, Burmese photographer, in Yangon.
The Institute is funded by Swedish aid. The conservative returned from exile when Myanmar was opened. He is now concerned about growing government censorship and networking against Rohingyes.
– We can not write some things. People think the Rohingyans are intruders and our enemies, "he told SVT Nyheters Udsendte.
Police witness sentenced
Police saw the benefit of journalists sentenced to one year in prison for violating rules of police discipline. The human rights organization Amnesty mentions daily threats and attempts to silence journalists in Myanmar. The trial will be a test of the country's freedom of expression and development against democracy, Amnesty believes.
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