TRT World journalists jailed over drone to be released on Friday
The four were sentenced to 2 months in prison for flying a drone close to Myanmar's parliament in late October. Customs and immigration charges against the journalists have now been officially withdrawn and the crew are due to be released on Friday.
A crew of journalists working for TRT World were sentenced on November 10, 2017 to two months in jail for possessing an unlicensed drone.
TRT World journalists who have been detained in October for the illegal possession of a drone will be released on Friday.
The crew were detained on October 27 for flying a drone near the parliament building in the capital, Naypyidaw.
They had faced the possibility of further charges relating to the import of equipment and alleged immigration violations but all those charges have officially been withdrawn.
TRT World's Shamim Chowdhury has more.
Reuters journalists still in detention
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