邦人男性の審理開始　デモ取材中に拘束―ミャンマー

　【バンコク時事】ミャンマー国軍は１６日、最大都市ヤンゴンで治安当局に拘束されたドキュメンタリー制作者、久保田徹さんに対する裁判所の審理が始まったことを明らかにした。今後の処遇については「裁判所の判断を待つ必要がある」と説明している。
　久保田さんは７月３０日、クーデターで権力を握った国軍に抗議するデモを撮影中に拘束された。国軍によると、久保田さんは観光ビザで入国しており、扇動罪と入国管理法違反で訴追された。（2022/08/16-19:07）

A court trial started for a Japanese man who was detained by security authorities in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, last month, officials of the country's military have said.
   On how the man, Toru Kubota, a documentary producer, will be treated, the military officials said Tuesday that there is a need to wait for the court's decision.
   Kubota was detained on July 30 while filming a protest against the rule of the military, which seized power through a coup in February 2021, and was later charged with sedition and violating Myanmar's immigration control law. He entered the country on a tourist visa, according to the military.
   Japan's House of Representatives lawmaker Hiromichi Watanabe, who is also a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met with Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar's junta, in the Southeast Asian country's capital of Naypyitaw on Thursday.
   Watanabe on Facebook had revealed that Min Aung Hlaing promised that Kubota will be released soon.