Myanmar court jails BBC reporter for assaulting police

AP reported that BBC correspondent in Myanmar Nay Myo Lin was sentenced to three months in prison and hard labor by a local court on June 6 after being convicted of assaulting a police officer while covering a student protest.

Lawyer Thein Than said on June 7 that his client, who works for the BBC's Myanmar service, plans to appeal.

Nay Myo Lin was convicted of assaulting a police officer while covering a student protest. (Source: The Myanmar Times)

Mr. Thein Than called the verdict "unfair" and said that reporter Nay Myo Lin did not intentionally injure the police officer while trying to support a fellow countryman.

The incident occurred in March 2015 when Nay Myo Lin was covering a protest. A police officer pulled a protester off a motorbike and reporter Nay Myo Lin tried to help the protester, leading to a scuffle with the police./.

According to Vietnamplus