The period saw a number of high-profile journalist arrests, such as Aung Pwint, who was jailed in 1999 for fax-machine ownership and "sending news" to banned papers.
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After the military coup d'état by Ne Win in 1962, the Printers and Publishers Registration Law was enacted.
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