A Myanmar court has sentenced a Dutch tourist to three months in prison for pulling the plug on a late-night sermon he said was disturbing his sleep. He's the latest foreigner legally sanctioned for ...

Note to tourists: respecting the local culture when visiting a foreign country isn’t just the polite thing to do, sometimes it’s the law. A Dutch tourist is now facing up to two years in prison after ...

A Dutch tourist has been sentenced to three months in prison in Myanmar, but not for theft, assault or any other serious crime. According to the Associated Press, 30-year-old Klaas Haytema received ...

A Dutch citizen was sentenced to three months prison in Myanmar on Thursday after he was found guilty of pulling the plug on a late night religious sermon in the predominantly Buddhist country. Hla ...

A court in Burma has sentenced a Dutch citizen to three months in prison for unplugging an amplifier blasting out a late-night Buddhist sermon near his hotel. Klaas Haytema, 30, in handcuffs, wept ...

MANDALAY, MYANMAR—A Myanmar court sentenced a Dutch citizen to three months in prison Thursday for interfering with a religious observance by unplugging an amplifier blasting a late-night Buddhist ...

Arrested Dutch tourist Klass Haytema (C) is escorted by Myanmar police after appearing before a court in Mandalay STR/AFP/Getty Images) A Dutch tourist was jailed for three months in Myanmar for ...

A Myanmar court has sentenced a Dutch tourist to three months in prison for interfering with a religious observance by unplugging an amplifier blasting a late-night Buddhist sermon near his hotel in ...

A Dutch tourist has been sentenced to three months in prison for literally pulling the plug on a late night Buddhist sermon. Klaas Haijtema, 30, was convicted of causing a disturbance to an assembly ...

A Myanmar court today jailed a Dutch tourist for three months with hard labour for insulting religion after he unplugged an amplifier relaying a late-night Buddhist sermon. Klass Haytema, 30, was ...