Journalist Detained in Myanmar For ‘Defaming’ a fascist Monk responsible for initiating genocidal crimes


Read the news below to see the height of moral bankruptcy in this Buddhist country called Myanmar. A fascist monk - Wirathu - who has been responsible for initiating genocidal crimes against the most persecuted Rohingya people is treated as a celebrity - an untouchable Don. He had a role in the killing of a prominent Rohingya lawyer. When a honest journalist shared a post on Facebook suggesting Wirathu had violated the monastic code of conduct by making statements commending the Jan. 28 assassination of a well-known Muslim lawyer, the journalist was charged for defaming Wirathu. What a sickening display of law and justice in this den of hatred!!

Burmese authorities arrested an award-winning investigative journalist at Yangon International Airport last montht as he was preparing to fly to Bangkok, claiming that he might try to evade a criminal defamation charge leveled against him earlier this year.
Local broadcaster DVB reports that Swe Win, chief editor and correspondent for Myanmar Now, will be transferred to a jail in Mandalay where he is expected to face trial for allegedly defaming Wirathu, a monk known for giving incendiary anti-Muslim sermons in the majority Buddhist country.
Swe Win is also the fourth journalist to be detained in the country in just over one month, alarming press freedom and rights watchdogs in Southeast Asia. In late June, Myanmar's military detained seven people — three journalists and four men who were traveling with them — in the country's war-torn Shan State under a draconian Unlawful Association Law, claiming they had connections with armed rebels.
In September of last year, Swe Win was awarded the President's Certificate of Honor for his groundbreaking investigation into years-long abuse of domestic workers at a tailor shop in the country's biggest city and former capital, Yangon. If convicted of the charge against him, he could face up to three years in prison.
 

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