Thursday, March 24, 2011

Australian editor Ross Dunkley in Burma again denied bail

Thursday, March 24, 2011
By South-East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel
ABC News (Australia)

An Australian newspaper editor has again been denied bail by a court in Burma following an appearance in a Rangoon court.

Ross Dunkley, who works as a publisher for the Myanmar Times and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post, has been in jail since being arrested for breaching his visa in mid-February.

The court is expected to deliver judgment on his case next week.

A prostitute initially accused the 55-year-old of assault but later withdrew the claim. The case has proceeded anyway.

Dunkley has been held at Burma’s notorious Insein prison since his arrest on February 10.

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