Japanese journalist held in Myanmar gets three more years in prison - Asahi

Reuters

12/10/2022

08:43 MYT

Japanese journalist held in Myanmar gets three more years in prison - Asahi

Images of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar while covering a protest, are displayed at the Japan Press Club in Tokyo. - AP/Filepic

TOKYO: A Myanmar court sentenced Japanese journalist Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison on Wednesday on charges of violating an immigration law, the Asahi newspaper reported, citing court sources.

Kubota, 26, was sentenced on separate charges of violating sedition and communication laws last week following his arrest in July at a protest in Myanmar's main city of Yangon.