With the increased number of arrests of journalists, continued raids and intimidations of the local branches and headquarter of media offices, frequent investigations and coercions over property owners who rented the office places, most of the news media offices were shut down, and journalists have fled to safe places while a few choose to abandon their journalism career.2 2.5. Facing Violence, Intimidations and Displacements of the Journalists 2.5.a. Facing Violence and Arrest of the Journalists While Reporting on the Ground Over a week in the post-coup, SAC arrested a male journalist from DVB for covering a rally in Mandalay on 9th February. A female journalist was also arrested in Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region, on 11th February. On 14th February, five journalists were collectively arrested in Myitkyina, Kachin State. From those days on, journalists were arrested across the country. Even though they were wearing helmets marked ‘PRESS’ and hanging journalist identity cards on their collars, they were arrested and subjected to violence including beating, and shooting. Amongst many cases of taking violent actions over journalists, plainclothes security forces in Monywa violently arrested Monywa Gazette’s CEO while covering a public demonstration on 27th February. On 28th February, SAC’s forces injured Zeyar Myint, a Myaylatt Athan reporter, using a rubber bullet despite wearing a press helmet that identifies as a journalist. Zeyar Myint, a reporter of Myaylatt Athan, was shot with rubber bullet when covering the news incident on 28 February (left figure) and was being treated at a hospital (right figure). 2 Source: Surveying 17 news media and 80 journalists and facts collected from media reports. Repeated Dark Age of News Media 10