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<p>Created page with &quot;Detained Myanmar journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) is escorted by police to court&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A Myanmar court ruled Wednesday that crucial testimony from a whistleblowing policeman in the...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Detained Myanmar journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) is escorted by police to court&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A Myanmar court ruled Wednesday that crucial testimony from a whistleblowing policeman in the case against two Reuters journalists is credible, a decision seen as a &quot;ray of light&quot; by the defence.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reporters Wa Lone, 32 and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been in custody since December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They are accused of violating the country's Official Secrets Act for possessing material linked to security operations in conflict-hit Rakhine state.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The charge carries up to 14 years in prison.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Over months of pre-trial hearings, their defence team has insisted they were set up -- lured to dinner by a police source who handed them documents for which they were subsequently arrested.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Court testimony last month by Deputy Police Major Moe Yan Naing backed up that version of events, even though he had been called as a prosecution witness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He said a superior ordered his men to set up the sting which resulted in sensitive documents being passed to the reporters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In response prosecutors asked the court to declare Moe Yan Naing a hostile witness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But the court found no problems with the police officer's account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The court rejects the proposal claiming the law officer to be a hostile witness,&quot; Judge Ye Lwin told the hearing Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A lawyer for the journalists welcomed the decision.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I am elated. The court has proved itself as a court of justice,&quot; Khin Maung Zaw said. &quot;We have seen a ray of light. It strengthens our case.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The two journalists were also buoyed by the court ruling.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We are happy about today�s decision. This shows that the truth will come out and proves that we have been treated unfairly,&quot; Wa Lone told reporters before they were taken back to prison.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On April 30 the police officer was jailed for breaching a police disciplinary act, a charge he had faced since December for previous communications with Wa Lone.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Police sources said he was sentenced before he gave his shock testimony to court -- an extremely rare instance of a security official openly challenging superiors in the formerly junta-run country.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In addition, the family of Moe Yan Naing was evicted from their police housing a day after he gave evidence. Police denied the two events were connected.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the time of their arrest, the reporters were investigating the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya men in the village of Inn Din in the north of Rakhine state.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The military has denied allegations of widespread atrocities against the Muslim minority.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it did concede that security officers took part in the killings at [http://photo.net/gallery/tag-search/search?query_string=Inn%20Din Inn Din] which were later reported by Reuters.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some 700,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since the army-led campaign was launched last August, ostensibly to combat Rohingya insurgents.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The stateless group has faced decades of systematic discrimination and persecution in mainly Buddhist [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div>

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