Factbox: Five facts about Danny Fenster, U.S. journalist jailed in Myanmar

FILE PHOTO: Managing editor for Frontier Myanmar Danny Fenster is pictured in this handout picture taken in Yangon, Myanmar November 2020. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison on Friday, despite U.S. government efforts to free him after he was arrested trying to leave the country months after the army seized power on Feb. 1.

Here are five facts about Fenster: