Chief editor Zaw Ye Htet of Dae Pyaw online news agency was arrested May 13, the same day the news agency published an apparently erroneous article alleging there had been a death due to the COVID-19 in eastern Karen state. His trial began on May 20 and was convicted and setenced on May 22 under Section 505(b) a vaguely worded law, often used against journalists and activists for making any statement that cause ‘fear or alarm”.