A video camera used by a Japanese journalist shot dead in Myanmar while filming an anti-junta demonstration in 2007 has been returned to his family, according to a report by a Myanmar independent broadcaster.
Final images taken by slain video journalist Kenji Nagai with the camera included scenes of anti-government protesters in Yangon, the arrival of national army trucks and Nagai himself reporting the situation.
The Democratic Voice of Burma said it found the camera in Myanmar and handed it over on Wednesday to Nagai's younger sister, Noriko Ogawa, in Bangkok.
Ogawa said she is "deeply grateful" for the return, adding, "I hope this will help people take a second look at what is happening in Myanmar."
The 50-year-old journalist was using the Sony video camera when he was shot on Sept. 27, 2007, by security forces in Yangon, DVB said.
Ogawa, who lives in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, had been calling for the return of Nagai's camera and other belongings.
"We are happy that we could contribute in a small way to ease the sorrow of Kenji Nagai's family for their loss in a senseless killing," said DVB Chief Editor Aye Chan Naing.
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