AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MYANMAR SPECIAL BRANCH EXITS THE COUNTRY
May 19th 2008 10:49
An Australian journalist working for the Myanmar Times newspaper in Yangon Myanmar who was caught up in a government witch-hunt over how CNN reporter Dan Rivers was able to enter the country, has now safely left Myanmar.
The Australian journalist, Matt Davis, 27, editor of Myanmar Times Time Out entertainment section, was believed to be under investigation by the feared Myanmar Special Branch operatives.
Last week he was dismissed from his job at The Myanmar Times and safely flew out of Myanmar on Saturday night.
Davis, formerly an SBS Australia Insight current affairs and online content associate producer, reportedly went AWOL from his job at the Times to cover the cyclone devastation for SBS television in Australia and AFP news service.
It is believed that the Myanmar Special Branch, investigating how CNN’s Dan Rivers got into the country undetected, not only linked Davis to CNN but claim a fake visa application was drawn up on Myanmar Times letterhead.
It is also believed that Special Branch had been interrogating senior officials at the Myanmar Times.
CNN denied getting a visa application for Dan Rivers on Myanmar Times letterhead, and deny there is any connection between Dan Rivers and CNN and Matt Davis and/or the Myanmar Times.
CNN correspondent Dan Rivers who left Myanmar on Friday was chased by authorities as he reported on the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis but escaped primarily because of the incompetence of the people after him.
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