Myanmar Leader Defends Jailing Of 2 Journalists

Reuters reports Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and they can appeal against their seven-year sentences. Suu Kyi, in her first public comment on the case since the two were convicted, referred to the colonial-era law under which they were charged. She said at a conference in Hanoi: “They were not jailed because they were journalists, they were jailed because ... the court has decided that they have broken the Official Secrets Act."