Maj. Gen. Soe Naing Oo, chairman of the Myanmar's military information committee, talks to journalists during a press conference at the Military Museum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are being held in a prison in Yangon, were not present for the ruling, but their wives were. Kyaw Soe Oo's wife, Chit Su, broke down in tears when the ruling was read.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were jailed for allegedly violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act. They claimed they were framed by police after uncovering evidence of a massacre against Rohingya Muslims.

Captain Yan Moe Naing was sentenced to a year in prison for violating a law governing police actions after he publicly said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been set up by police.

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were sentenced to seven years in prison last September, a ruling that cast a pall over Myanmar’s media community, and sparked increased international criticism ...

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, had worked on one of the most detailed accounts of official abuses, an investigation of the killing of 10 Rohingya villagers in Inn Din village, for which seven ...