Military-ruled A source familiar with the proceedings stated on Thursday that Myanmar convicted a Japanese journalist and filmmaker to seven years in prison for breaking sedition and communications rules.
Toru Kubota, 26, arrived in Myanmar on July 1 and was arrested on July 30 after filming a tiny protest in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital. “He was apprehended in a township in Yangon under martial law.” That is why he was convicted by the military tribunal for these two offenses,” the source stated.
Mr. Kubota received a three-year term for sedition and a seven-year sentence for breaking electronic communications legislation.
The sentences will be served simultaneously.A charge of breaking immigration laws is still pending.
Myanmar has been in political instability since a February 2021 military coup.
The military has mercilessly suppressed pro-democracy protests and civil society organizations in order to quell armed opposition by anti-junta militias around the country.
Since the coup, at least 2,330 individuals have been killed and more than 15,750 jailed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights organization that tracks killings and other abuses.
