Myanmar junta releases detained US journalist

DPA Yangon Detained American journalist Denny Fenster has been released and deported, according to his employer, Frontier Myanmar, amid growing internation...

DPAYangonDetained American journalist Denny Fenster has been released and deported, according to his employer, Frontier Myanmar, amid growing international pressure after a Myanmar court sentenced him to 11 years in prison last week.“We are relieved that Danny is finally out of prison - somewhere he never should have been in the first place,” said Frontier’s editor-in-chief Thomas Kean. “The Frontier team would like to thank all of those who worked to secure Danny’s release over the past five-and-a-half months.” According to Bill Richardson, a former governor of the US state of New Mexico, Fenster and a team from the Richardson Center are set to head home, through Qatar, during the next day and a half. The hope is to reunite Fenster with his family as soon as he is back in the United States.Fenster was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on charges of incitement, unlawful association, immigration. He was also facing five charges of incitement, unlawful association, immigration, terrorism and sedition in Myanmar junta’s court.