Japan urged Myanmar to release its journalist Kitazumi

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TOKYO, 19 April, 2021 (TON): Japan called on Myanmar authorities to release a Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi hostile in Yangon prison, who was arrested during junta’s crackdown on anti-coup protests.

One of at least 65 reporters arrested during the junta's crackdown on anti-coup protests.

The military beefed up its crackdown on the mass demonstrations against the ousting of the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with at least 737 civilians killed and the press increasingly under attack.

However, on Sunday, the free lance reporter Kitazumi was detained on Sunday, and a Japanese embassy spokesman confirmed that he was transferred overnight from a police watchhouse to the Insein prison.

However, Kitazumi has not been charged yet and diplomats are seeking permission to visit him in jail.

 

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