Japan to press murder charges against Burma This TV grab image from a video obtained from the Democratic Voice of Burma shows Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai lying dead on the street after being shot.
Photo: AFPOctober 3, 2007 - 5:14PM
Japan's police will seek to press murder charges against Burma troops who shot dead a Japanese journalist during pro-democracy protests last month, a newspaper reported today.
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department will seek the prosecution of the soldiers who killed Kenji Nagai, 50, a journalist for the Tokyo-based video news service APF News, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.
Nagai was killed in Rangoon on September 27 while covering Burma's military crackdown on mass anti-government protests.
Under Japanese law, police can seek the prosecution of suspects when a Japanese national is the victim of a felony crime overseas, although whether the suspects are extradited depends on whether there is a treaty in place.
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Free Burma!
International Bloggers' Day for Burma on the 4th of October
International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just put up one Banner then, underlined with the words „Free Burma!“.
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