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Fate of detained Australian economist Sean Turnell may be tied to Aung Sung Suu Kyi
Sean Turnell, an Australian who became a trusted economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in a Myanmar prison for more than six months.
The economics professor was arrested on February 5, four days after the military coup that put a stop to the nation’s slow path towards full democracy and unravelling the economic corruption entrenched by decades of junta rule.
- Tim Harcourt
- The Conversation
I spoke to him between the coup and the arrest…