Jailed Myanmar reporters to file appeal

Yangon: Two Myanmar Reuters journalists will file an appeal this week against a seven-year prison sentence linked to reporting on the Rohingya crisis, their defence lawyer said Monday.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were sentenced early September under a hardline state secrets act while investigating the massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslims during the military’s bloody crackdown last year.
Defence lawyer Khin Maung Zaw told AFP that “everything is ready” for an appeal to be filed before the deadline on Saturday. However, the High Court is likely to take up to five or six months to rule on the appeal. (AFP)