Dhaka, May 14 -- A Japanese freelance journalist detained by security forces in Myanmar in mid-April and accused of supporting protests against the military coup has been released and departed Yangon for Japan by plane Friday.

Yuki Kitazumi, 45, was arrested in Yangon on April 18 and a military spokesman said Thursday night he had been moved from prison to a police facility, reports UNB.

According to a state-run newspaper on Friday, Kitazumi had been indicted for supporting the anti-coup civil disobedience movement and riots, and for not complying with visa regulations.

The Information Team of the State Administration Council, the military junta's top decision-making body, said the decision to release Kitazumi was made "in consideratio...