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The man was spotted hiding in bushes near the golf course with the muzzle of a rifle sticking out through the shrubbery.

Rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the ban, describing it as a move to muzzle the media in the country.

Prison officials tried to muzzle Chessman, but he kept writing and had pages smuggled out.

It details how laws passed in recent years targeting the spread of so-called fake news, and individuals or organisations deemed to have received foreign support, have sought to “muzzle” any opposition, both physically and online.

He described seeing the flash from the muzzle of the boy's rifle.