緬甸當(dāng)局拒絕兩名路透社記者保釋

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Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar for violating the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act were denied bail during a court appearance Thursday.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on December 12 after they were handed a stack of documents by two policemen at a restaurant in Yangon. The pair were covering the brutal military campaign in Rakhine state that has driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims across the border into Bangladesh.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo face 14 years in prison if they are convicted under the law, which dates back to 1923 when Myanmar was ruled by Britain.

Stephen J. Adler, Reuters president and editor-in-chief, issued a statement expressing his disappointment over the pair's continued imprisonment. "We believe the court proceedings will demonstrate their innocence and Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo will be able to return to their jobs reporting on events in Myanmar," Adler wrote. "We continue to call for their prompt release."

緬甸一家法院星期四拒絕兩名路透社記者保釋。這兩名記者因違反緬甸殖民時(shí)代的“官方機(jī)密法”被逮捕。

路透社記者瓦龍和覺梭12月12日被捕。此前，兩名警察在仰光的一家餐館向他們轉(zhuǎn)交了一疊文件。這兩名記者當(dāng)時(shí)正在報(bào)道發(fā)生在若開邦的殘酷軍事行動(dòng)。緬甸軍方的行動(dòng)致使近70萬羅興亞穆斯林逃到鄰國孟加拉國。

根據(jù)緬甸的官方機(jī)密法，如果瓦龍和覺梭被定罪，將面臨14年囚禁。緬甸的官方機(jī)密法1923年實(shí)施，當(dāng)時(shí)緬甸受英國的統(tǒng)治。

路透社總裁兼總編阿德勒發(fā)表聲明，對兩名記者被持續(xù)關(guān)押表示失望。聲明說，“我們相信法庭的審理將展示瓦龍和覺梭是無辜的，讓他們返回工作，報(bào)道緬甸的資訊。我們繼續(xù)呼吁立即釋放他們。”

Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar for violating the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act were denied bail during a court appearance Thursday.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo face 14 years in prison if they are convicted under the law, which dates back to 1923 when Myanmar was ruled by Britain.

緬甸一家法院星期四拒絕兩名路透社記者保釋。這兩名記者因違反緬甸殖民時(shí)代的“官方機(jī)密法”被逮捕。