Myanmar military spokesman Zaw Min Tun told CNN Business that the journalist “has been released and deported. We will announce the details of why he was released later.”
According to an announcement made by Richardson on Monday, Fenster will return to the United States “via Qatar, in the next day and a half.”
Those charges include visa violations, illegal association with an illegal group, and incitement under section 505a of the Myanmar Penal Code, causing the publication or circulation of “fear-inducing” comments. or spreading “false news” is a crime.
Sonny Swe, Publisher, CEO and co-founder of Frontier Myanmar, Fenster’s former employer in Myanmar, told CNN Business by phone that Fenster boarded a plane leaving Insein prison earlier in the day. .
“I’m very, very happy to hear this news. Not only are we happy, I’ve been there before, I know how Danny and his family will feel now,” Swe said. “From this point on, all is well. He deserves to be reunited with his family.”
Fenster is one of about 126 journalists or media workers detained since the coup, according to the United Nations. About 47 people are still behind bars.
– This is a developing story and will be updated.
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