Former SBS reporter Scott McIntyre arrested in Japan, reportedly over search for his children www.theguardian.com

Exclusive: Australian journalist has been detained at a police station in western Tokyo since his arrest on 28 NovemberFormer SBS reporter Scott McIntyre arrested in Japan, reportedly over search for his childrenScott McIntyre, the former SBS sports reporter, will spend Christmas and new year in detention in Japan after he was arrested for illegal entry, reportedly during an attempt to track down his school-age children.
McIntyre, an Australian freelance journalist based in Tokyo, was arrested on 28 November after allegedly gaining unauthorised access to the common area of the apartment building where his parents-in-law live.
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“He is having trouble sleeping,” Catherine Henderson, a friend in Tokyo who has visited McIntyre in detention three times, told the Guardian.
SBS sacked McIntyre the following day, with SBS chief executive and managing director, Michael Ebeid, saying his remarks made his position at the broadcaster “untenable”.