Phil Blackwood 'forced to sleep on pallet' in Myanmar prison after insulting Buddhism

By Megan Levy
Updated March 31 2015 - 7:08pm, first published 1:37pm
Phil Blackwood and his fiance, Noemi Almo. He is  in a Yangon prison after he used a psychedelic image of Buddha  to promote a cheap drinks night at the bar he managed.
Phil Blackwood and his fiance, Noemi Almo. He is in a Yangon prison after he used a psychedelic image of Buddha to promote a cheap drinks night at the bar he managed.

A New Zealand man jailed in Myanmar for using an image of Buddha to promote a local bar on Facebook is enduring appalling conditions in prison, including being forced to sleep on a wooden pallet, his parents claim.

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