Journalist on terrorism charges for report on group fighting military in Rakhine state
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Myanmar journalist could face life in
prison for publishing an interview with a rebel group operating in the country’s restive Rakhine state, a week after the insurgents were classified as a terrorist organisation.
Nay Myo Lin, editor in chief of the Voice of Myanmar, based in Mandalay, appeared in court on terrorism charges on Tuesday after he ran an interview with a top-ranking Arakan Army (AA) representative on 27 March..