NAYPYIDAW, Aug. 27 (CGTN) -- The verdict in Myanmar's prosecution of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret state information was postponed until September 3 because the judge overseeing the case is in poor health, a court official said on Monday.

"The judge is in poor health, so I am here to announce that the verdict is postponed to the third," said Judge Khin Maung Maung, who attended a brief proceeding in the Yangon court, replacing Judge Ye Lwin who has overseen the case until now.

The two Yangon-based journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with Reuters News Agency, were arrested by Myanmar authorities for possessing important and secret government documents last December.