Myanmar Hands 10-Year Prison Sentence to Japanese Journalist
緬甸判處日本記者10年徒刑
BANGKOK —
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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat said Thursday.
一名日本外交官周四表示,一名日本記者在 7 月拍攝了一場反政府抗議活動(dòng)后,被軍方統(tǒng)治的緬甸一家法院判處監(jiān)禁。
Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement, said Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese embassy. The sentences were to be served concurrently. A charge of violating immigration law is believed to still be pending.
徹日本大使館副館長 北田哲男 說,久保田周三因違反電子交易法被判處 7 年徒刑,以煽動(dòng)罪判處 3 年徒刑。這些刑期將同時(shí)執(zhí)行。據(jù)信,一項(xiàng)違反移民法的指控仍在審理中。
The electronic transactions law covers offenses that involve spreading false or provocative information online, and carries a prison term of seven to 15 years. Incitement is a catch-all political law covering activities deemed to cause unrest, and has been used frequently against journalists and dissidents, usually with a three-year prison term.
電子交易法涵蓋涉及在線傳播虛假或挑釁性信息的罪行,可判處 7 至 15 年徒刑。煽動(dòng)是一項(xiàng)涵蓋被視為引起騷亂的活動(dòng)的包羅萬象的政治法律,經(jīng)常被用來對(duì)付記者和持不同政見者,通常判處三年徒刑。
Kubota was arrested on July 30 by plainclothes police in Yangon, the country’s largest city, after taking photos and videos of a flash protest against Myanmar’s 2021 takeover by the military, which ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
久保田于 7 月 30 日被便衣逮捕該國最大城市仰光的警察在拍攝了伊曼瑪(緬甸)2021年軍方收購的照片和錄像帶后,罷免了民選政府 昂山素季。
Kubota was the fifth foreign journalist detained in Myanmar after the military seized power. U.S. citizens Nathan Maung and Danny Fenster, who worked for local publications, and freelancers Robert Bociaga of Poland and Yuki Kitazumi of Japan were eventually deported before serving complete prison sentences.
久保田是緬甸軍方奪取政權(quán)后被拘留的第五位外國記者。為當(dāng)?shù)爻霭嫖锕ぷ鞯拿绹?Nathan Maung 和 Danny Fenster,以及波蘭的自由職業(yè)者 Robert Bociaga 和日本的 Yuki Kitazumi 最終在服完刑期前被驅(qū)逐出境。
Roughly 150 journalists in all have been arrested, with more than half released, but the media remains under tight restrictions. Free media are forced to operate underground or from abroad..
共有大約 150 名記者被捕,超過一半被釋放,但媒體仍然受到嚴(yán)格的限制。自由媒體被迫在地下或國外運(yùn)作。