Burma: independent newspaper's owner reportedly arrested

According to ABC radio Australia, "The co-owner of the Myanmar Times newspaper, Sonny Swe, and his sister, Myla, are reportedly in jail after being arrested at Mandalay domestic airport a week ago. Their father, Than Swe, was arrested six weeks ago. It is not known what charges the three are being held on. Journalist Jane Dellard, who has worked closely with Sonny Swe, says the family seems to have been targeted as part of recent broad changes within Burma. "He's the co-proprietor of the Myanmar Times, which is the only independently owned and operated - although censored - newspaper in the country, I can only see that it is purely that," she said."

Source: ABC radio Australia through topix.net