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Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar sentences Aeon executive to 1 year in prison: source

Tokyo seeks release of Japan retailer employee charged with rice pricing violation

Hiroshi Kasamatsu was in charge of price setting at local venture Aeon Orange before he was detained. (Photo by Sadachika Watanabe)

BANGKOK/YANGON -- A Myanmar court under the military government sentenced an executive from Japanese retailer Aeon to one year in prison on Monday for selling rice at inflated prices, as Tokyo continues to lobby for his release.

A diplomatic source revealed the sentencing.

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