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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviser

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviserThe Irawaddy, CC BY-SA

Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of stealing state secrets.

This week a puppet court sentenced him to three years in prison, alongside Suu Kyi, who has...

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