Burmese journalists sentenced to 10 years hard labour  Updated
July 11, 2014 13:39:00  Burma expert Professor Monique Skidmore
says Burma has undermined its efforts to reform press freedoms
by the sentencing of five journalists to ten years hard labour.
The group were found guilty of breaching the archaic Official
Secrets Act for publishing an investigative report on a military
facility, backed by the Chinese government and alleged to be
producing chemical weapons.  Source: The World Today | Duration:
6min 40sec  Topics: journalism, security-intelligence, burma
TANYA NOLAN: Five Burmese journalists have each been sentenced
to 10 years hard labour for revealing state secrets.  The
journalists were involved in publishing an investigative report
on a military facility in Burma, partly funded by the Chinese
government, and which is allegedly involved in producing
chemical weapons.  But a district court in central Myanmar found
the five had breached the 1923 Official Secrets Act by revealing
the existence of the