Japan’s authorities stated Monday it’s asking Myanmar to launch a Japanese journalist who was arrested by safety forces in its largest metropolis of Yangon yesterday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato advised reporters on Monday that his authorities is asking Myanmar authorities to clarify the arrest and supply different particulars whereas asking for his launch as quickly as attainable.
He didn’t establish the detainee, however Japanese media recognized him as Yuki Kitazumi, a former Nikkei enterprise newspaper reporter at the moment primarily based in Yangon as a contract journalist.
“We will continue asking the Myanmar side for his early release, while doing our utmost for the protection of the Japanese citizens in that country,” Kato stated.
Japan’s NHK public tv quoted witnesses as saying that they noticed Kitazumi being arrested and brought from his house.
Kitazumi had been detained briefly in late February by police whereas overlaying pro-democracy protests in Myanmar, the place the army ousted the elected authorities on Feb 1.
Japan has stepped up its criticism of Myanmar’s lethal crackdown on the opposition however has taken a milder method than the United States and another international locations that imposed sanctions in opposition to members of the army junta.
On Saturday, the junta launched greater than 23,000 prisoners to mark the normal new 12 months’s vacation. At least three had been political prisoners, nevertheless it wasn’t instantly clear if any activists detained in the course of the post-coup crackdown had been freed.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which displays casualties and arrests, authorities forces have killed not less than 728 protesters and bystanders for the reason that takeover. The group says 3,141 folks, together with ousted civilian chief Aung San Suu Kyi, are in detention.
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