(RSF/IFEX) – According to reports, on 13 January 1998 Satoru Fujita, a reporter with the Japanese daily “Mainichi Shimbun”, was deported from Rangoon because he had entered Burma without a journalist’s visa. According to the Burmese government, Satori Fujita “intentionally broke the regulations concerning visas” and provided “false information” in his airport arrival document. Recommended […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to reports, on 13 January 1998 Satoru Fujita, a
reporter with the Japanese daily “Mainichi Shimbun”, was deported from
Rangoon because he had entered Burma without a journalist’s visa. According
to the Burmese government, Satori Fujita “intentionally broke the
regulations concerning visas” and provided “false information” in his
airport arrival document.
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His Excellency General Than Shwe
President, SLORC
c/o Ministry of Defence
Signal Pagoda Road
Yangon, Union of Myanmar
Telex: 2136
Telegrams: General Than Shwe, Yangon, Myanmar
Fax: +95 1 22 950
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