Newsbuka.com has gathered that US journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a military court three days ago.

We learnt that the 37-year-old will now be allowed to leave the country.

Fenster, who is the managing editor of online site Frontier Myanmar, was detained in May as he was about to fly back to the US.

He is one of dozens of journalists held since a military coup in February.

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