The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged the Myanmar authorities to punish those responsible for a recent slingshot attack on the CEO of Eleven Media Group.
After unknown assailants fired iron nuts at his car in Yangon’s Bahan Township last week, Than Htut Aung, who escaped uninjured, blamed political groups unwilling to give up power ahead of November elections.
He writes a column that is frequently scathing of the military power still held in the country.
Two men have been arrested but five were reportedly involved in the attack.
In a statement, Shawn Crispin, the senior Southeast Asia representative for the CPJ, called on the government to “better protect the press ahead of Myanmar’s upcoming democratic polls”.
The statement continued: “International groups including CPJ and Amnesty International have accused Myanmar’s government of using threats, harassment and imprisonment to intimidate the media ahead of national elections expected in early November.”
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