Journalist held by Myanmar urges Japan to pressure junta

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Mr Toru Kubota spent three-and-a-half months in prison after being detained near an anti-government rally in Yangon in July along with two Myanmar citizens. Read more at straitstimes.com.

for filming an anti-coup protest and also received a three-year sentence for violating Myanmar’s immigration laws.including former British ambassador Vicky Bowman and Australian economist Sean Turnell, an adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

He said in Tokyo on Monday Japan should “scrutinise very strictly whether such funds are being used by the military, flowing to the military, and whether the funds are essentially being used to kill people”. The Defence Ministry said in September it was ending a controversial programme training members of Myanmar’s military.

 

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