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Myanmar policeman who detailed Reuters reporters' entrapment freed from jail
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JANUARY 31, 2019 / 9:44 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Myanmar policeman who detailed Reuters reporters' entrapment freed from jail
Thu Thu Aung, Antoni Slodkowski
3 MIN READ
YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar policeman who told a court last year how officers planted secret documents on two Reuters reporters in order to “entrap” them was released from prison on Friday, after being sentenced to a year in jail for violating police discipline.
In widely covered testimony at the trial of journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, Police Captain Moe Yan Naing gave details of the hours leading up to the Dec. 12, 2017 arrest of the Reuters reporters and said police had arranged a “set up”.
Shortly after that court appearance in April, Moe Yan Naing was sentenced to prison for violating the Police Disciplinary Act by having previously spoken to Wa Lone. His family was also evicted from their police housing in the capital Naypyitaw.
Moe Yan Naing criticized the law under which he was punished.
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Myanmar policeman who detailed Reuters reporters' entrapment freed from jail
Thu Thu Aung, Antoni Slodkowski
3 MIN READ
YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar policeman who told a court last year how officers planted secret documents on two Reuters reporters in order to “entrap” them was released from prison on Friday, after being sentenced to a year in jail for violating police discipline.
In widely covered testimony at the trial of journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, Police Captain Moe Yan Naing gave details of the hours leading up to the Dec. 12, 2017 arrest of the Reuters reporters and said police had arranged a “set up”.
Shortly after that court appearance in April, Moe Yan Naing was sentenced to prison for violating the Police Disciplinary Act by having previously spoken to Wa Lone. His family was also evicted from their police housing in the capital Naypyitaw.
Moe Yan Naing criticized the law under which he was punished.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-journalists-policeman/myanmar-policeman-who-detailed-reuters-reporters-entrapment-freed-from-jail-idUSKCN1PQ3GN