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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
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King Mindon, Burma’s penultimate monarch, knew the value of a free press. During his reign (1853-78), he introduced a new press law, which read in part: “If I do wrong, write about me. If the queens do wrong, write about them. If my sons and my daughters do wrong, write about them. If the judges and mayors do wrong, write about them. No one shall take action against the journals for writing the truth. They shall go in and out of the palace freely.” |
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