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

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)

Reuters

Related posts

Phil Murphy’s Solar Shift Blocked by Trump as “Solar for All” Federal Grants Terminated

DOGE official Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine attacked in botched carjacking on Swann Street

Extortionist Chuck: Trump Says Schumer, Democrats Resorting to Extortion to Approve Appointments