北角さん、帰国の途に　ミャンマーで２６日ぶり解放

　【バンコク時事】クーデターで国軍が権力を握ったミャンマーで、「虚偽のニュース」を広めた罪で起訴され、最大都市ヤンゴンの刑務所に収監されていたフリージャーナリストの北角裕樹さんが１４日、逮捕から２６日ぶりに解放された。北角さんはヤンゴン国際空港から日本に向かったとみられ、成田に同日夜、到着する見通しだ。
　ミャンマー国営メディアは北角さんについて、市民が職務を放棄して国軍に抗議する不服従運動や暴動を支援し、法律に違反したと主張する一方、「ミャンマーと日本の友好や将来の関係」を考慮し、解放すると報じた。起訴は取り下げられたとみられる。（2021/05/14-16:10）

Freelance Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi, who was released from prison in Myanmar on Friday, 26 days after being arrested on suspicion of spreading fake news, is expected to arrive in Japan later in the day.
   Kitazumi, who has left Yangon International Airport, is expected to arrive at Narita International Airport on Friday night.
   Myanmar's state-run media said that although Kitazumi had violated a law by supporting citizens who abandoned their jobs to participate in disobedience campaigns against the military, Myanmar took into consideration its friendship and future ties with Japan and decided to release the Japanese journalist.
   The charges against him is believed to have been dropped.
   He was arrested at his home in Yangon and was sent to prison on April 18. He was indicted on May 3 on charges of violating the country's criminal code, which bans acts of disseminating fake news, and its special immigration control law.