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  • Myanmar editor jailed for Covid error

    Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/19...or-covid-error


    Myanmar editor jailed for Covid error
    Two-year sentence for mistakenly reporting one virus death
    published : 22 May 2020 at 18:02

    YANGON: A Myanmar news editor has been jailed for two years after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to be false, his lawyer said on Friday.

    The country has reported only 199 confirmed cases of coronavirus and six deaths, although the low numbers tested mean that experts fear the true figures are far higher.

    Chief editor Zaw Ye Htet was arrested on May 13, the same day his online news agency Dae Pyaw published an erroneous article alleging there had been a death due to Covid-19 in eastern Karen state...
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