A military court has sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison, his lawyer said on Friday.
Fenster, a 37-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, has been detained in Myanmar for more than five months. He has been denied bail and held in Insein Prison, in the country's biggest city Yangon, since his May 24 arrest.At a court hearing on Friday, his lawyer Than Zaw Aung said Fenster was found guilty of three charges brought against him by the Myanmar military, which seized control of the country in a coup on February 1.
CNN Business has reached out to Myanmar's military for comment.'Travesty of justice'Frontier Myanmar said in a statement posted on Facebook it was"deeply disappointed" at the sentencing."Everyone at Frontier is disappointed and frustrated at this decision. We just want to see Danny released as soon as possible so he can go home to his family," said Thomas Keen, Frontier's Editor-in-Chief.
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