After more than 500 days in prison, 2 prize-winning Reuters journalists walked free in Myanmar on Tuesday—but can the country start a new chapter?
Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo after being released from Insein Prison on May 7.After more than 500 days in prison, two prize-winning Reuters journalists walked free in Myanmar on Tuesday. But the saga that tarnished the reputation of the country and its civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, may be tough to quickly move past.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested December 2017, convicted last September of breaking the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, and sentenced to seven years in prison, Reuters
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