A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat and the Southeast Asian nation's government said Thursday. Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement,…
Toru Kubota was filming a small, flash protest against the military coup in Myanmar in July when he was arrested by plainclothes police officers in Yangon. The 26-year-old now faces 10 years in prison.
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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July. A Japanese diplomat said Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to