Than Htut Aung, CEO of the Eleven Media Group, is escorted by police from the court in Yangon on Friday. He and his chief editor will spend the next two weeks in Insein prison while defamation allegations against them are investigated. (AFP Photo)YANGON: Police on Friday detained the chief executive and the chief editor of Myanmar's largest daily newspaper after a powerful politician accused them of defaming him in a Facebook posting. The police detained Than Htut Aung, the flamboyant chief executive of Eleven Media Group and the newspaper's chief editor, Wai Phyo, after the Yangon regional government sued them for defamation over a social media post alleging corruption. The two men were transferred on Friday to Insein prison and will stay in custody for two weeks, domestic media said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 11, 2016 13:50 UTC