[Myanmar] Journal Slapped for Bypassing Censor

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Burma’s censorship board has banned The Myanmar Post Global from publishing its supplementary pages for two weeks after the weekly news journal repeatedly failed to submit the two-page section for scrutiny, according to a report by the Democratic Voice of Burma. “We had breached the law so many times so they had to do this as a warning,†said a source at the journal. Under the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Law, publishers must submit material to censors before going to print. Despite a relaxation of media controls since last year, the law remains in effect.

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