A journalist from Japan covering
anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar has been detained and moved to a prison in
northern Yangon, officials confirmed on Monday.
According to Kyodo news
agency, the Japanese Embassy in Myanmar said Kitazumi Yuki, 45, is kept in the
Insein prison in Yangon.
Myanmar’s junta forces
raided his house in Yangon on Sunday evening from where his belongings were
confiscated.
Yuki reports for
Tokyo-based Nikkei business daily.
“Kitazumi's current
condition is unknown,” according to the embassy. However, the embassy officials
said he is being questioned over “fake news.”
The journalist was active
on social media sharing articles and photos about the ongoing anti-coup
demonstrations in the Buddhist-majority country.
He was also detained on
Feb. 26 by the Myanmar military before being released the same day.
Japan's Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga said: "We will do our best to protect Japanese nationals in
the country."
Some 737 people have been
killed in security forces’ crackdown on pro-democracy protesters since the Feb.
1 military takeover in Myanmar, said the Assistance Association for Political
Prisoners, a local monitoring group.
More than 3,200 people
are currently under detention in the country, the group said.
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