A court in Myanmar on Tuesday formally charged an American man and two local co-workers with violating drug laws concerning marijuana, with potential penalties ranging from five years' imprisonment to death. The court in the central Mandalay region charged John Frederic Todoroki with violating five ...
With elections in 2020, Japan and other countries should be doing more to press and to shame the Myanmar government into progress on human rights.
Myanmar extends detention of American accused of running pot plantation
A Myanmar court on Tuesday allowed police to detain an American entrepreneur accused of operating a marijuana plantation for two more weeks while he is investigated. John Frederic Todoroki and two Myanmar co-workers appeared in court in Mandalay region's Myingyan district for the first time ...
Media freedom advocates praised the surprise release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar but stressed the pair should never have been jailed in the first place and called for sweeping reforms of paralyzing press laws. The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters walked free from Yangon's Insein prison Tuesday ...
Two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed after more than 500 days
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars. The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe ...
Bangladesh jails three Rohingya extremists busted with bomb-making materials for 10 years
A Bangladesh court Sunday sentenced three Rohingya extremists of a now defunct militant group to 10 years in jail for possessing bomb-making materials, a prosecutor said. The trio were arrested in 2014 in Dhaka with materials to be used for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs), ...
Rohingya camps in Bangladesh spawn a new civil society — and political violence
It was after Mohib Ullah scored his first political victories that the death threats began in earnest. On a recent morning, the Rohingya refugee leaned back on a plastic chair in the Bangladesh camp where he lives and translated the latest warning, sent over ...
More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine
More than 50 people are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry. Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a corrupt ...
Myanmar's Supreme Court rejects appeal by award-winning Reuters reporters
Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon. Reporters Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe ...
Tokyo Century to buy fifth of Yoma Strategic auto leasing unit as it looks to expand in Myanmar
Tokyo Century Corp. will buy a fifth of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd.'s vehicle leasing business in a bid to expand in Myanmar and explore further collaboration with the Southeast Asian conglomerate. The Japanese leasing services firm will buy a 20 percent stake in Yoma Fleet ...
Japan's Dai-ichi Life Insurance gets green light to set up shop in Myanmar
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. has become one of five foreign insurers to obtain initial approval to enter the Myanmar market via a wholly owned subsidiary. The Japanese insurer is expected to set up a subsidiary to start operations in the Southeast Asian country. Dai-ichi Life won ...
New Zealand's official privacy watchdog described Facebook as "morally bankrupt" and suggested his country follow neighboring Australia's lead by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence such as the Christchurch mosque shootings. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been critical of Facebook's response to ...
