RANGOON, FEB 12 (Mizzima News): Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Australian founder and co-owner of the Myanmar Times, Ross Dunkley, was arrested at his home in Rangoon on Friday.
Observers in Rangoon told Mizzima that recently Burmese military authorities have taken a strong dislike to Dunkley. The Irrawaddy magazine reported last month that Dunkley is presently embroiled in a power struggle with the Burmese co-owners of the newspaper.
Dunkley launched the Myanmar Times, an English-language weekly, in 2000 with the blessings of Military Intelligence Chief Khin Nyunt.
His co-founder, Sonny Shwe, is the son of a Khin Nyunt ally. Less than a year after Khin Nyunt’s purging from the military junta, Sonny Shwe was arrested and new Burmese co-owners took over his stake in the paper. No other details were available on Friday evening.
