Will Burma's proposed Press Council become atypical censor board?

Myanmar or Burma's Information and Culture Minister Kyaw Hsan met the personnel of the preparation committee for formation of Myanmar Writers Association, Myanmar Printers and Publishers Association, the preparation committee for formation of Myanmar Journalists Association, and the preparation committee for formation of Myanmar Publishers and Books Sellers Association on 13 May and the personnel of Myanmar Journalists Union and Myanmar Journalists Network on 14 May at the meeting-hall of Myanmar Radio and Television on Pyay Road in Yangon, the Ne Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on 17 May.

The discussants in the respective meetings were Tin Hlaing and Khin Maung Tun from the preparation committee for formation of Myanmar Writers Association, Ko Ko and Khin Maung Lay from the preparation committee for formation of Myanmar Journalists Association, Aye Aye Win from the Myanmar Journalists Union and Zaw Htaik from the Myanmar Journalist Network mutatis mutandis.

The ownership of a computer without a license

Laws bar the ownership of a computer without a license and ban the dissemination or posting of unauthorized materials over the Internet. Prison sentences have been used to punish reporters working for exile-run media groups. Regulations imposed in 2011 banned the use of flash drives and voice-over-Internet-protocol communication in Internet cafés. Local reporters with international agencies are subject to constant police surveillance; others only publish in accordance with pseudonyms to prevent possible reprisals. Foreign reporters are regularly denied journalist visas unless the government aims to showcase a state-sponsored event. Those discovered reporting on tourism visas are expelled.