Reuters reporters Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, jailed in Myanmar, freed from prison

Kuala Lumpur, May 07: The two reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were senenced to seven years jail in Myanmar for allegedly violating a state secrets law while reporting on the Rohingya crisis, have reportedly been freed.

They were arrested in December 2017 and sentenced in September to seven years in prison under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act.

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, a Reuters report said while quoting a witness.