Danny Fenster, who went to Wayne State University, was detained at Yangon International Airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
American journalist working for Myanmar magazine detained
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 24, 2021 at 11:26 am EDT
BANGKOK (AP) 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.
By Press Association 2021
In this image from Myawaddy TV, a photograph shown during a news report showing the appearance of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, former president Win Myint, sitting 3rd from right, and former Naypyitaw Council chairman Dr. Myo Aung before a
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1.
State television MRTV broadcast on its evening news programme the first photo of Ms Suu Kyi since the coup.
It showed the 75-year-old sitting straight-backed in a small courtroom, wearing a pink face mask, her hands folded in her lap.
By Press Association 2021
In this image from Myawaddy TV, a photograph shown during a news report showing the appearance of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, former president Win Myint, sitting 3rd from right, and former Naypyitaw Council chairman Dr. Myo Aung before a
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1.
State television MRTV broadcast on its evening news programme the first photo of Ms Suu Kyi since the coup.
It showed the 75-year-old sitting straight-backed in a small courtroom, wearing a pink face mask, her hands folded in her lap.