These journalists faced deportation and arrest in Myanmar, but Australia took them in. Now they reveal their daring escape from the military coup.
He described a perilous journey, walking for eight hours over mountains under cover of nightfall with fellow escapees, unable to see except for the light cast from their phones.
In the days and weeks after, Nay Thwin and his colleagues continued to report inside the country, moving between safe houses as the junta searched for them, while the people rose up in protest and the military responded with deadly force. From Australia, Nay Thwin and his colleague Nay Yee Yee continue to report on what's happening in Myanmar from a makeshift studio."Fortunately, we were saved by the Australian government. We are very relieved," he said.
"Our bullets are powerful, as powerful as the real bullets from the gun. That's why we need to continue.Chit Suu Win Htein fled Myanmar with consular help with her young son, Sam Atticus, and her Australian husband Eugene Quah in the weeks following the military takeover.
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