Metro Detroit journalist working for Myanmar magazine detained
An American journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar was detained Monday by the authorities there, his employers said.
Posted at 6:41 AM, May 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-25 06:41:22-04
BANGKOK (AP) â An American journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar was detained Monday by the authorities there, his employers said.
Frontier Myanmar, which publishes in both English and Burmese and also online, said on Twitter that Danny Fenster, its managing editor, was detained at Yangon International Airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It said the magazine did not know why Fenster was detained and had not been able to contact him, but it understood that he had been taken to Insein Prison in Yangon, which over decades has housed thousands of political prisoners.
Myanmar: Ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First In-Person Court Appearance Since Coup
The Myanmar military ousted Suu Kyi s government after her party won a landslide victory in a general election last November that would have given it a second five-year term in office.
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Myanmar s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared in court in person on Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1.
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BANGKOK Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1.
One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defense team for about 30 minutes before the hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital.
The lawyers also met with Win Myint, who was president of the government Suu Kyi led as state counsellor and faces some of the same charges.
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Myanmar s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, shown here in 2019, appeared in court Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1. Peter Dejong/AP
BANGKOK Myanmar s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1.
One of her lawyers, Min Min Soe, told The Associated Press by phone that Suu Kyi was able to meet with her defense team for about 30 minutes before the hearing began at a special court set up inside the city council building in Naypyitaw, the capital.