The publishing licenses of two Rangoon-based weekly journals have been suspended for alleged violation of the policy and regulations of the Press Scrutiny Board (also known as the censor board).

The censor board suspended the publishing licenses of "True News" for two months and "The Action Times" for a month, respectively, media sources in Rangoon said.

"The 'Action Times', published every Monday, was suspended for one month after a news story on the release of U Win Tin from prison appeared in its latest issue, Vol. 38, with a slight change from the approved version. The published version referred to U Win Tin, who had been until his release last week Burma's longest serving political prisoner, as "Sayagyi" ("Great Master") Win Tin. This was not written in the copy approved  by the censor board.

When contacted, "The Action Times" journal spokesperson replied, "The board of editors does not want to release any news on this. We don't want to say anything".

Similarly, in the "True News" weekly journal, a photograph of a child laborer in a construction site appeared on the front page with the caption, "A child working in a construction site near Phuket seaside resort, Thailand". As a result, the journal was
suspended for two months.

"The censor board had permitted publication of this photograph at the time because it had no caption when it was submitted. The caption was later inserted. As a result, the censor board banned the publication on account of 'inadequate page layout design'," an
editor said on condition of anonymity.

The censor board summoned the editors of the two journals to its office and informed them about its decision. But an official from the censor board declined to give details when contacted by Mizzima over the telephone.