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Myanmar jails local journalist to release Japanese journalist Press release News
Min Nyo, who works for the Burmese Democratic Voice (DVB) in the My Nanmar Bago region, was arrested on March 3 and sentenced to three years in prison.
A Myanmar journalist who reported on anti-military government protests has been jailed for three years for a push, his news organization said, while authorities have announced the release of a Japanese journalist who has been arrested twice.
Min Nyo, who worked for the Burmese Democratic Voice (DVB) in the Bago region of Myanmar, was arrested on March 3 and found guilty by a military tribunal in one of the first trials against media workers in the February 1 military coup.
Myanmar frees Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo
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FILE - In this file photo dated April 1, 2013, Journalist Yuki Kitazumi speaks during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Myanmar s ruling junta said Thursday May 13, 2021, that as a gesture of friendship with Tokyo, it will free Japanese freelance journalist Yuki Kitazumi who was jailed and charged with spreading false news or information that could cause public unrest. (Kyodo News FILE via AP)
BANGKOK (AP) – An arrested Japanese freelance reporter left for home Friday after being released by Myanmar’s ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan, Japanese officials and Myanmar state media said.