![]() Myanmar Now, an independent news agency that has been critical of the country’s military, was one of five news outlets to lose its license following the coup earlier this year. ![]() “The charges were based on the allegation he was working for Myanmar Now in the aftermath of the February 1 coup,” Frontier Myanmar explained, claiming however that Fenster had “resigned from Myanmar Now in July 2020 and joined Frontier the following month, so by his arrest in May 2021 he had been working with Frontier for nine months.”įrontier Myanmar called Fenster’s sentence “the harshest possible under the law.” ![]() Just a few months after the February 2021 Myanmar coup, Fenster was arrested by authorities at Yangon International Airport while trying to leave the country to visit his family in Detroit, Michigan.įrontier Myanmar condemned the sentence in a statement on Friday, claiming that the court “disregarded a significant amount of evidence of his employment at Frontier.” The journalist is currently detained at Insein Prison. READ MORE: Aung San Suu Kyi aide jailed for 20 years by military tribunal of Myanmar juntaįenster still faces several other charges, including sedition and terrorism, which could land him in jail for even longer. ![]()
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