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December 19, 2017

Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar for reports on military crackdown kept from families and lawyers

By Freddy Mayhew

Two Reuters journalists who have been arrested in their native Myanmar are being denied contact with their families or lawyers.

Recently married Wa Lone, 31, had always wanted to be a reporter, according to one of his brothers, while dad-of-one Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, is a book lover drawn into reporting on conflict in the country.

Both were arrested on 12 December having covered the military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine region of the majority Buddhist country since 25 August.

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