“Our priorities right now are to make sure he is safe and to provide him with whatever assistance he needs.”
Myanmar has been in uproar since the military seized power in a coup on 1 February, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement. More than 800 people have been killed by the military, according to a local monitoring group.
The arrest comes as civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi voiced defiance Monday in her first court appearance since being detained in the coup, vowing her ousted political party would live on.
Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Monday. Photograph: Myawaddy TV/AP
US Journalist Detained In Myanmar
05/24/21 AT 10:15 AM
An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet was detained by authorities in Yangon Monday as he attempted to board a flight out of the coup-hit country, his employers said.
United States citizen and managing editor of Frontier Myanmar Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport, the outlet said in a statement on its verified Twitter account.
Myanmar has been in uproar since the military seized power in a February 1 putsch, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement.
More than 800 people have been killed by the military, according to a local monitoring group.
US Journalist Detained In Myanmar, His Employer Says US Journalist Detained In Myanmar, His Employer Says US citizen and managing editor of Frontier Myanmar Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport as he attempted to board a flight out of the country, his employers said.
The journalist who was detained is an editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet. (Representational)
Yangon:
An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet was detained by authorities in Yangon as he attempted to board a flight out of the country Monday, his employers said.
United States citizen and managing editor of Frontier Myanmar Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport, his employers said in a statement on their verified Twitter account.