Myanmar to free Japanese journalist arrested for spreading 'misinformation' as gesture to Tokyo

Myanmar to free Japanese journalist arrested for spreading 'misinformation' as gesture to Tokyo
The announcement on Myanmar's army-run Myawaddy TV said Yuki Kitazumi had been arrested on April 18 for "inciting" the country's anti-military civil disobedience movement and riots.
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In this file photo dated April 1, 2013, Journalist Yuki Kitazumi speaks during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Photo | AP)
By Associated Press
BANGKOK: A Japanese freelance journalist in Myanmar who was jailed and charged with spreading false news or information that could cause public unrest will be freed by the country's ruling junta as a gesture of friendship with Japan, a state television report said Thursday.

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