A Myanmar news editor has been jailed for two years after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to be false, his lawyer said on Friday.
The country has only 199 confirmed cases of coronavirus and seen six deaths, although the low numbers tested mean experts fear the true figures are far higher.
On May 20 he faced trial, an unusually swift process in a country where suspects often languish for months behind bars before being convicted. The notorious Section 505 is a vaguely-worded law, often thrown at journalists and activists for making any statement that cause fear or alarm.Karen state borders Thailand and saw more than 16,000 returning Myanmar migrant workers early April after the pandemic caused huge job losses in Thailand and borders started to close.The government has warned people will be prosecuted for spreading misinformation about the pandemic, but this is the first known case involving a journalist.
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