Media News - Wednesday, May 07, 2008

BBC journalist deported from Myanmar: state media

Myanmar has deported a BBC journalist who tried to enter the country to report on a cyclone that has killed 22,000 people, saying he had violated visa regulations, a state newspaper said Wednesday. Andrew Harding flew into Yangon from Bangkok on Monday, but was deported shortly after his arrival, the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. ‘A journalist who is working for BBC was deported as he broke visa rules and regulations,’ the paper said, saying Harding had tried to enter the country on a tourist visa instead of an official journalist visa. The newspaper said Harding had been blacklisted from the country after he had earlier entered on a tourist visa in 2006 and again last September as anti-government protests were getting underway. The paper said Myanmar's military government had not taken legal action against Harding ‘for the sake of friendly relations’ with Britain. (AFP)

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