逮捕の日本人記者訴追　禁錮３年の可能性も―ミャンマー

　【バンコク時事】ミャンマー国営テレビは１９日夜、「虚偽のニュースを広めた疑い」で逮捕されたジャーナリストの北角裕樹さんについて、刑法違反で訴追されたと報じた。
　適用されたのはクーデター後の２月中旬に改正された条項で、虚偽のニュースを流布したり、社会不安をあおったりした場合などは、最高で禁錮３年を科すと定めている。権力を握った国軍が恣意（しい）的に利用する可能性も指摘されていた。（2021/04/20-10:22）

Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi, arrested by Myanmar authorities on Sunday for allegedly disseminating fake news, has been charged with violating the local criminal law, the country's state-run television reported Monday night.
   Kitazumi was charged under an article that calls for punishing those who disseminate fake news or fuel social anxiety with an imprisonment for a maximum of three years.
   The article, which was revised in mid-February after a coup, has raised concerns that it could be used arbitrarily by the military, which seized power in the coup.
   Kitazumi has chiefly covered protests against the coup and disseminated information through social media.
   The Japanese Embassy in Myanmar is calling on the authorities to release Kitazumi, who is currently detained at Yangon's Insein prison.