Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday robustly defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists who were reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as she hit back at global criticism of a trial widely seen as an attempt to muzzle the free press.

The country's de facto leader acknowledged that the brutal crackdown on the Muslim minority -- which the United Nations has cast as "genocide" -- could have been "handled better", but insisted the two reporters had been treated fairly.

from Asia
Read More