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11/01/2019 GMT

Myanmar Rejects Reuters Journalists' Appeals

BBC World Service - World Update, Myanmar Rejects Reuters Journalists' Appeals

Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to remain in jail after losing appeal

A Myanmar court has rejected an appeal by two Reuters reporters convicted of breaking a state secrets act in September.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in prison in a case widely condemned by other countries and human rights groups.

Also on the programme: Why fibre could cut the risk of disease; and we hear the story of London's happiest bus driver.

(Photo: Wa Lone escourted by police, Credit:AFP/Getty Images)

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