Two jailed Reuters journalists are released by presidential pardon
“I can't wait to go to my newsroom,” Wa Lone told a crowd of reporters as he walked free of Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. Mr Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who work for Reuters news agency, were released on May 7th. The pair were convicted in September 2018 of breaking the Official Secrets Act and received a seven-year sentence. They had served 511 days before being released as part of an amnesty of over 6,000 prisoners to mark the country's New Year holiday.
Nevertheless, Mr Wa Lone and Mr Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced, much to the dismay, in particular, of Western governments. They saw it as yet another symptom of Myanmar’s failure to reform itself, even under the de facto leadership of Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the ruling National League for Democracy party. Activists held the case up as an example of the continuing oppression of human-rights. Every new legal appeal made front-page news in Myanmar.
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