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Toru Kubota, Japanese film maker held in Myanmar, has been freed – Kyodo

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A portrait photo of Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota, who has been detained in Myanmar, is displayed during a news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toru Kubota, a Japanese film maker held by authorities in Myanmar since being arrested in July, has been freed, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, quoting sources.

Kubota was arrested at a protest in Myanmar’s main city of Yangon and jailed on charges of sedition and violating immigration and other laws and last month was sentenced to a total of 10 years.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Alison Williams)

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