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for publishing the advertisement, two staff at the Press
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English language edition moved to a daily publishing cycle in March 2015. Dunkley sold his interest in the paper and transferred his responsibilities as CEO to Tony Child on 1 October of that year. In April 2016, Child was succeeded by Malaysian journalist Bill Tegjeu as CEO and Editorial
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Myanmar-language edition was banned from publishing for one week. The ban was imposed by the Press
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implied that Tin Tun Oo had taken over as editor-in-chief of MCM, fueling rumours of a power struggle between Ross
Dunkley and Tin Tun Oo, it received a formal complaint from the media group. Following Sonny Swe's imprisonment in 2005, another Burmese media entrepreneur,
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Swe's arrest and sentencing were generally considered political and linked to his father's senior position in
Military Intelligence, a government body that was purged in 2004 after a power struggle within the military. Following Sonny Swe's arrest, his stake in
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Ministry of Information. When Myanmar Consolidated Media's shareholders initially refused to comply with the ministry, rumours circulated that the paper would be shut down.
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Dunkley, the founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly, was arrested and charged with breaching immigration law by assaulting a sex worker. On 13 February 2011, after Dunkley's arrest,
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and other journals. Internationally, the paper had been derided as "sophisticated propaganda" and a public relations tool for more progressive elements in the government, such as General
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