Myanmar court jails Japanese executive for a year for violating rice-price control, Kyodo says
12/08/2024 10:22
TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A Myanmar court on Monday
sentenced a Japanese executive from the local unit of
supermarket chain operator Aeon Co 8267.T to one year in
prison for violating rice-price controls, Kyodo news agency
reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.
Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains,
including an official of a Japanese joint venture, for selling
rice at inflated prices, the Southeast Asian country's state
media said last month.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka
Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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