Myanmar frees BBC reporter from jail after appeal
YANGON - A journalist from the BBC's Myanmar-language service walked free from prison on Thursday after a court accepted his appeal against a three-month sentence handed down in June for striking a policeman.
"I'm in good health and I'm very thankful to those who expressed concerns and worked for my release," the journalist, Nay Myo Lin, told Reuters by telephone.
Thein Than Oo, his lawyer, told Reuters the court in Mandalay, the country's second largest city, accepted Nay Myo Lin's appeal and he was freed from prison soon afterwards.
