American journalist detained Junta from Myanmar for several months The bail was denied and facing a third criminal charge, his lawyer said on Thursday. Danny Fenster, editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar, was arrested in May for trying to leave the country.
He is currently on trial on charges of inciting dissent from the military and illegal reunification, and faces up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts.
At a recent hearing at Insein Prison in Yangon on Wednesday, “another charge has been added” for alleged violations of immigration laws, his lawyer Tan Zo Aung said.
According to him, the charge is punishable by a maximum of five years' imprisonment and the trial is expected to begin on Friday.
“We do not know the exact reason for adding the immigration fee,” he said, adding that Fenster's visa was still valid at the time of his arrest.
Bill Richardson met the junta. Chief Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyidaw, thus providing an increasingly isolated junta provides rare publicity.
Richardson is on a “private humanitarian mission in the country,” his organization said in a travel statement that did not mention whether he would seek Fenster's release.
The former governor of New Mexico negotiated “The release of hostages and US troops in North Korea, Cuba, Iraq and Sudan,” his center said.
Fenster, 37, is “physically healthy, but upset about heightened charges. “- said Tan Zo Aung.
Covid-19 is thought to have contracted during detention, family members said during a conference call with US journalists in August.
Myanmar is in the confusion since the military took power in a coup on February 1 and overthrew the elected government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The press is also exposed under pressure as the junta seeks to tighten control over the flow of information by restricting access to the Internet and revoking local media licenses.