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Myanmar army kills journalist it calls rebel
Myanmarâs army shot dead a journalist who was detained while covering clashes between the army and ethnic rebels at the rugged border, saying he reached for a soldierâs gun during an attempted escape, the press council said Friday
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yanmar's army shot dead a journalist who was detained while covering clashes between the army and ethnic rebels at the rugged border, saying he reached for a soldier's gun during an attempted escape, the press council said Friday.
It released a military statement that said Aung Naing was arrested Sept. 30 after an attack on the army near Kyaikmaraw in Mon state in eastern Myanmar, and that an interrogation revealed he was an information officer for an armed ethnic Karen group. The journalist's full name, not given in the statement, is Aung Kyaw Naing.
The statement said he was killed on Oct. 4, and that his body had been properly buried near a village. It's not clear why the information was only now released. The interim press council was formed under the aegis of the president and asked for the military's information last week.
