The publishing licenses of two Rangoon-based weekly journals have been suspended by the Press Scrutiny Board (Censor Board) because of violation of its policy and regulations, Mizzima News has reported. The censor board last week suspended publishing of True News for two months and the Action Times for a month respectively for violation of the regulations of the censor board, media circles in Rangoon said.
The Action Time, published every Monday, was suspended for one month after the news of the release of Win Tin from prison appeared in its latest issue, with a slight modification. It mentioned him as Sayagyi (Great Master) Win Tin, contrary to the permitted copy by the censor board. "In the draft copy passed by the censor board, it simply said 'U Win Tin'. However, it appeared in the journal as 'Sayagyi U Win Tin'. The journal was banned for this," an editor of a weekly journal said on condition of anonymity.
Similarly, in the True News weekly journal, a photograph of a child labour in a construction site appeared on the front page with the caption, 'A child working in a construction site near Phuket seaside resort, Thailand'. The publication of the journal was suspended for two months. "The censor board had permitted this photograph but it was without a caption when submitted. The caption was written before publishing. So they banned publication on account of 'inadequate page layout design," an editor said on condition of anonymity.
