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.