Myanmar journalists and activists arrested in Thailand after fleeing across border

Thai foreign correspondents club says the reporters face certain arrest and persecution' if deported back to Myanmar

Three journalists and two activists from Myanmar who fled over the border to Thailand have been arrested for illegal entry and could face possible deportation, according to the reporters' employer.

Broadcaster DVB (Democratic Voice of Burma) said their lives would be in serious danger" if they were forced back to Myanmar, where the military took power in a coup on 1 February and has since arrested dozens of journalists.