The News Media Law 8. A news media man: (a) shall take the news by mentioning his name in accord with ethic. However, if the matters are those which may affect the public health, public security and natural environment or the news which have to be inquired inevitably to reveal misconducts or corruptions in legislative, executive, judiciary and socio-economic performances, he has the right to inquire in accord with the stipulations and with the permission of the relevant editor without mentioning his name, and he shall mention that he has done so; (b) shall have the right to be exempted from, in a case taken action under any provisions contained in this Law, seizure, sealing and destruction of any instrument used for news media industry without the order of the Court. Chapter IV Duties and Ethics to be complied by the News Media Men 9. A news media man is responsible to comply with the following ethics and terms and conditions: (a) censoring the information to be precise, correct and complete as much as possible; (b) mentioning the correction on the prominent page the soonest, if it is the printing media and mentioning at the nearest time, if it is the other media when it needs to correct for having mentioned the news which is not precise and true; (c) presuming the accused as an innocent until he has been convicted by the Court and refraining from mentioning the criticism of news which amounts to the contempt of Court in mentioning news relating to the cases being tried before the Court; (d) refraining from improper modification using any technology in expressing news photos, pictures and sounds; (e) not being contained the estimation and the opinion of the news writer except writing of criticism of news, opinion and article; (f) refraining from copying and mentioning of intellectual property owned by other person without permission; (g) refraining from mentioning of writing which may intentionally effect the reputation of a person or organization and writing which may effect the human right if the writing is not related to public interest; (h) refraining from writing of instigation which may cause conflict based on a birthplace, religion, nationality; (i) complying with the ethic, terms and conditions issued by the Myanmar News Media Council. Chapter V Establishment of News Media Industry 10. A person who desires to carry out a news media industry has the right to establish the industry according to any of the following manners: (a) forming a non-public or public company under the existing Myanmar Companies Act, and establishing and carrying out industry, or forming joint-venture company and establishing an industry; (b) establishing industry under existing the Myanmar Citizens Investment Law or the Foreign Investment Law. Page 3 of 7