Claim 408

The military broadened a penal-code provision to criminalize spreading false news, raising the maximum penalty to three years.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The military broadened a penal-code provision to criminalize spreading false news, raising the maximum penalty to three years.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Article 505(a) broadened to criminalize 'false news'
About: incident 2021-myanmar-junta-revokes-media-licenses
Source: Bitter reversal: Myanmar military coup wipes out press freedom gains
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021-07-01

Quotation from the source

false news