A Chance to Fix in Time: Analysis of Freedom of Expression in Four Years Under the Current Government Mrauk-U township, Rakhine State. The Tatmadaw accused the article entitled “A Mrauk-U Record of A Journalist” of presenting biasly and damaging the Tatmadaw’s reputation. The Kyauktada township court began hearing the case and granted bail on ten million Kyat (10,000,000 MMK) on March 17, 2020. The Tatmadaw withdrew the lawsuit on March 18. The Tatmadaw also brought lawsuits against Reuters news agency and its interviewee U Maung Kyaw Zan, a MP of Buthidaung township after Reuters made a news coverage about an artillery fire that killed two people and injured seven people on January 25, 2020 in King Taung village, Buthidaung township, Rakhine State. Myanmar Press Council said Tatmadaw dropped the lawsuit against Reuters on March 18. The council announcement stated that Tatmadaw would withdraw the lawsuits against those two media agencies because of the council’s request to keep a good relationship between the Tatmadaw and media and for the sake of independent media as the fourth pillar. 4.3 Journalists Charged Under Unlawful Associations Act After Covering News in Ethnic Area Three journalists were arrested on Namhsan - Hsipaw road while coming back from northeastern Shan State to Yangon on July 26, 2017 after reporting news about a drug destroying event held in ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)’s area. Ko Lawi Weng, a Irrawaddy’s reporter and two journalists of Domocratic Voice of Burma (DVB) were stopped and arrested by the army and charged under Section 17(1) of Unlawful Associations Act for communicating with outlaw associations. During the 67-day long detention, their application for bail was repeatedly rejected by the court. The lawsuit was among five lawsuits which the Tatmadaw withdrew on September 1, 2017. The Special Branch of Myanmar Police Force filed a case at Sittwe township local police station 1 under Section 17(2) of Unlawful Associations Act against the editor-in-chief of Rakhine-based Development Media Group (DMG) on May 1, 2019. The police force interrogated the chief reporter and another reporter on May 5, 2019 about publishing a news article “Hidden Moon at Mrauk-U”. The article included facts that Myanmar Tatmadaw and AA staged battles against each other in Thamee Hla village in January 2019; armed people beat the local villagers; and a seven-year old child was shot dead in the conflict. The article also quoted that the local people said the government's security force looted cash and precious jewelry on January 26. The authorities did not officially inform the details of prosecutions of the accused for four months until September 2019. Anyone can face a maximum of three years and a minimum of two years or a fine or both under Section 37 Chapter (4): Media Freedom