প্রকাশ: 06/10/2022
A court in
military-ruled Myanmar has jailed a Japanese documentary filmmaker for 10 years
for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry
official said on Thursday.
Toru Kubota, 26, was arrested in July at a protest in
Myanmar's main city of Yangon. At the time, it was reported he faced charges of
breaking an immigration law and encouraging dissent against the ruling
military.
Kubota was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in prison
for sedition and seven years for violating a law on telecommunications, the
ministry official said, citing the filmmaker's lawyer.
A court hearing on his alleged violation of the immigration
control law is scheduled for 12 Oct, the official said.
"We have been asking Myanmar authorities for Mr
Kubota's early release, and we intend to keep on doing so," he said.
Calls to a Myanmar military spokesperson seeking comment
were not answered. The junta says Myanmar's courts are independent and those
arrested are receiving due process.
Myanmar has been trapped in a spiral of violence since the
military overthrew an elected government last year. The junta has arrested
thousands including politicians, bureaucrats, students, journalists, and
foreigners as it attempts to smother dissent.
A Japanese freelance journalist was arrested last year and
charged with spreading false news in his coverage of anti-coup protests. He was
later freed with the junta saying his release was in recognition the two
countries' close ties.
- Reuters
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