On 3rd March, military and police forces turned to a video journalist covering the anti-coup protest, hunted him shouting, “kill that guy.” The journalist was violently arrested after being kicked and beaten, bleeding from his head. He was violently interrogated for two consecutive days without food and water, leaving bruises over his back, bottom, and legs. Nay Than Maung, chief editor of Kamayut Media, and its co-founder Han Thar Nyein were arrested at their office on 9th March. They were brought blindfolded to a room in the interrogation unit and violently dragged along the room’s floor. Han Thar Nyein had been handcuffed behind his back, humiliated by swearing, kicking, and beating. For three days, Nay Than Maung had been interrogated without sleep. He had been tortured by slapping and punching over his ears, cheeks, and jaws. Even after the interrogator found him an American citizen, the torture continued because of concealing his citizenship and the passport number. As Nay Than Maung reflected his experience to a reporter, constant violence was three or four days long. Nay Than Maung, later, was transferred, with an exile sentence, to the USA on 14th June. During the interrogation, they were not allowed to have food or water. After three days of interrogation, they got water to drink and had meals on the fourth day. Both were interrogated for 15 days.3 On 27th March, Htet Myat Thu, a reporter from the Voice of Thanbyuzayat agency, was shot on his leg and violently arrested by the military and police forces while covering news in Kyaikhto. On the same day, Si Thu Lwin, a reporter from Mandalay, was shot with a bullet in his right hand. He received surgical and medical care later. However, a Dawei-based Dakkhina Insight reporter Naing Tun Lin was shot and arrested while covering an anti-coup protest on 21st April. Amongst four arrested foreign journalists, Nay Than Maung, the chief editor from Kamayut Media, and Danny Fenster, an editor from Frontier Magazine, are American citizens. The remaining two journalists were Robert Bociaga from Poland and Yuki Kitazumi from Japan. Robert Bociaga was arrested violently. According to the survey in this research process, journalists and reporters subjected to violence during their reporting, being arrested or interrogated are twenty-one in number: including a female reporter and a foreign journalist from Poland. Two male journalists were shot with bullets and arrested, and another male journalist got shot by a rubber bullet but not arrested. Source: BBC Burmese Interview with Nay Than Maung, chief editor from Kamayut Media, plus referring to news articles and journalists’ responses to the research interviews, with their permission presenting their reflections. 3 Repeated Dark Age of News Media 12