Myanmar's military leaders having taken a page from the orange a-holes play has charged a Japanese freelance journalist for spreading fake news while reporting on the protests against the military coup in that country. One can assume that the irony of charging a journalist on world press freedom day just escaped them.
Yuki Kitazumi , 45, could face a jail term of up to three years if convicted under the penal code as amended after the February coup.
Kitazumi was arrested and taken from his home in Myanmar's largest city Yangon on April 18. He is being held in a Yangon prison known for housing political prisoners.
The journalist has shown no health problems, an embassy official said, adding that the embassy will continue to urge the military government to release him.
His arrest came amid ongoing protests against the military, which took control of the government in a coup on Feb. 1 by ousting the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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