Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were detained on Dec. 12 after they had been invited to meet police officers over dinner.
The two had worked on Reuters coverage of a crisis in the western state of Rakhine, where - according to United Nations' estimates - about 655,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from a fierce military crackdown on militants. (Reporting by YANGON bureau; Writing by Robert Birsel; Edited by Martin Howell)Myanmar prosecutor seeks Official Secrets Act charges against two Reuters journalists
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