The whereabouts of two Myanmar journalists is still unknown a week after they were arrested under a colonial-era law that criminalises actions deemed harmful to the country, according to their employer Reuters.
"We and their families continue to be denied access to them or to the most basic information about their well-being," Reuters president and editor-in-chief Stephen J. Adler said in a statement.
The arrest of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar's commercial hub, Yangon, last week under the 1923 Official Secrets Act, which criminalises actions "prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state," was approved by the President's Office.
Government spokesman Zaw Htay said the case had been endorsed by Myanmar's president but that he could not say who signed the relevant documents.
The two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, face a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
