Source: Twitter
New Delhi: US journalist Danny Fenster was released in Myanmar on Monday after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a military court three days ago.
His employer, English-language news site Frontier Myanmar, said he has left the country.
Fenster was freed following negotiations between former US diplomat Bill Richardson and the military junta.
Fenster left Myanmar with Richardson on a flight headed to Qatar. The Richardson Center posted a picture on social media of the two of them together about to board the jet.
Fenster, who was the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was one of about 100 journalists detained since the military seized power in February.
He was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent against the military.
Frontier Myanmar is an independent news outlet that covers current affairs, business and politics in Myanmar. Fenster was arrested at Yangon International Airport while trying to leave the country to see his family in the US.
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