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)