1st Kenji Nagai award to be presented to Myanmar female journalist+

TOKYO, Feb. 13 Kyodo - The first award commemorating slain Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai will
be presented later this month to a female reporter from Myanmar who reported
about an area of the country that was devastated by a cyclone last year, the
Burma Media Association said Friday.

Eint Khaing Oo, 24, was detained while interviewing the disaster's victims last
year and is now in prison serving a two-year term with hard labor after being
found guilty of allegedly causing confusion in the country by reporting or
passing on rumors, according to the Oslo-based association and Tokyo-based news
agency APF News Inc.
The association of Myanmar's journalists founded the award in honor of Nagai,
who was shot dead while videotaping antigovernment demonstrations in Myanmar in
October 2007, to recognize those who have reported the truth about the
junta-ruled country.
A friend of Eint Khaing Oo's will attend the award ceremony to be held in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Feb. 21 as the journalist is in jail, and will deliver
the cash prize and commemorative gift to her family.
Last October, the media association made a proposal to set up the memorial
award to Nagai's parents through APF News -- with which the Japanese journalist
had a contract -- and the parents gave their consent to the idea.
==Kyodo