Myanmar: Burmese Journalist Sued, Threatened after Logging, Cattle-Rustling Reports

Feb 13, 2017 | Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
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A local journalist from Kachin State who reported on illegal logging and cattle-rustling activities in the region has received death threats and faces being sued by Burma’s security forces. Bhamo-based correspondent Oo Oo Nyein (also known as Nyein Chan Aye) of Hot News weekly journal said he was first sued for defamation by a local militia in 2015 over his reports on cattle rustling.