{"id":52563,"date":"2019-02-12T19:49:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52563"},"modified":"2019-02-12T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:49:22","slug":"frenchman-arrested-for-flying-drone-over-myanmar-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=52563","title":{"rendered":"Frenchman arrested for flying drone over Myanmar parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-52564 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/120023hqdefault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/120023hqdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/120023hqdefault-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/120023hqdefault-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/120023hqdefault.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/>International desk: A French tourist has been arrested for flying a drone near Myanmar's parliament in the capital Naypyidaw, the French embassy and local police confirmed Monday, under a law that could see him imprisoned for up to three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The man, named by police as 27-year-old Arthur Desclaux, tried to fly a drone over the government building, which is illegal in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Three journalists and their driver were jailed in 2017 for the same offence, reports AFP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Local media published photos of the French detainee, including his passport details, and his drone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;(He) was arrested late afternoon on Thursday 7 February for having flown a drone over the parliament,&#8221; the embassy said, adding that the man was still in detention in Naypyidaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">His family had been informed of his arrest and embassy staff were trying to secure his release, it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He has been charged under section 8 of the export and import law, police officer Min Tin told AFP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Desclaux faces &#8220;up to three years imprisonment&#8221; if found guilty, said Min Tin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It remains unclear why he was flying the drone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Journalists Lau Hon Meng from Singapore and Mok Choy Lin from Malaysia were making a documentary for Turkish state broadcaster TRT when they were detained in October 2017 along with Myanmar reporter Aung Naing Soe and driver Hla Tin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Expecting to receive a fine, they confessed to flying the drone over parliament but were instead sentenced to two months in prison under Myanmar's aircraft act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International desk: A French tourist has been arrested for flying a drone near Myanmar&#8217;s parliament in the capital Naypyidaw, the French embassy and local police confirmed Monday, under a law that could see him imprisoned for up to three years. 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