US Citizen Mr. Daniel Jacob Fenster remitted prison sentence and deported from Myanmar
At the request of Mr. Hideo Watanabe, Chairman of Japan-Myanmar Association, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar and Chairman of Nippon Foundation, Mr. Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico and Chairman of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, in view of the existing friendly relations between Myanmar and those countries and on humanitarian grounds, Mr. Daniel Jacob Fenster (son of Mr. Bud Fenster and holder of Passport no. 567640043), a US citizen who is serving terms in Insein Prison has been remitted the prison sentence as per the Code of Criminal Procedure Section 401(1) and deported from Myanmar. He was handed over to Mr. Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico and Chairman of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement and they left Myanmar by air on 15 November 2021, it is learnt.