Media watchdogs condemned the death sentences for a...

Media watchdogs condemned the death sentences for a Myanmar magazine editor and eight others accused of plotting to overthrow the military government. They were among a dozen people arrested in July over accusations of planting a series of deadly bombs and hatching a plot to assassinate members of the junta. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association expressed outrage in a letter to Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt. "Your government has once again shown its criminal attitude towards journalists who refuse to comply with orders," the two groups said. "We challenge you to provide the evidence of this journalist's implication in a coup attempt." Government officials have not commented on the case and the fate of the three others accused was not known. Family members were not allowed to attend the trial, the legal sources said.