MELBOURNE — Australia called on Friday for Myanmar’s ruling military to immediately release an Australian economic adviser to the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained for two months.
Sean Turnell, a professor of economics at Macquarie University in Sydney who has been advising Suu Kyi for years, was reportedly charged a week ago under Myanmar’s official secrets law, together with Suu Kyi and some of her ministers.
Calling it an “arbitrary detention,” Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement that Turnell had been detained with limited consular access.
“Australia continues to seek his immediate release and official information…
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