Myanma­r’s govern­ment said on Wednes­day that police had arrest­ed two Reuter­s journa­lists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe OoYANGON: Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The reporters had been working on stories about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State that has caused almost 650,000 people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo went missing on Tuesday evening after they had been invited to meet police officials over dinner. Blatant attackThe Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh say their exodus from the mainly Buddhist nation was triggered by a military counter-offensive in Rakhine state that the United Nations has branded “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi confirmed that the two journalists had been arrested.

Source: The Express Tribune December 14, 2017 05:26 UTC