Myanmar Court Sentences Journalists to Prison and Hard Labor – NYTimes.com

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Myanmar Court Sentences Journalists to Prison and Hard Labor

Burmese journalists said the jail terms in connection with an article about possible chemical weapons production were a blow to recently won freedoms.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/world/asia/myanmar-court-sentences-journalists-to-10-years-of-hard-labor-in-prison.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Their report, published in January, quoted workers at the factory, in Pauk in northwestern Myanmar, saying it produced chemical weapons. The report also said Chinese technicians were often seen there.