A New Zealand manager accused of insulting Buddhism in a promotional poster for a bar in Rangoon, Burma, has pleaded not guilty to three charges.
The trial of Philip Blackwood, 32, began in Rangoon yesterday.
He faces three charges of breaching the country's Religion Act by depicting Buddha wearing headphones on a poster for an event at the VGastro bar.
Blackwood, originally from Wellington, is the bar's general manager.
Bar owner Tun Thurein and another employee have also been charged.
