Myanmar has deported a BBC journalist who was trying to enter the country to report on a cyclone that has killed 22,000 people. Myanmar authorities said that he had violated visa regulations. BBC news reporter Andrew Harding flew into Yangon from Bangkok on Monday, but was deported shortly after his arrival.

A senior official from Myanmar said, “A journalist who is working for BBC was deported as he broke visa rules & regulations. Journalists from news agencies in Western countries illegally entered the country very often & made fabricated news with the help of anti-government groups”.