I can acknowledge that Suu Kyi's position forces ugly compromises, but I don't see how she her or her party really needs to jail journalists. Especially when 1.

I can acknowledge that Suu Kyi's position forces ugly compromises, but I don't see how she her or her party really needs to jail journalists. Especially when 1. this article claims that the offense is criticism of her, and 2. as you mention, public trust in journalism seems low anyway. At any rate, are we even sure that this is the work of Suu Kyi's faction? It would be a pretty fiendish move for the military to suppress free speech and make it look like Suu Kyi's work, since (as we see here) it would weaken her status with the west. But I have no idea how to verify something like that.