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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe and agencies

Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser handed three years’ jail after secret trial

Sean Turnell, a detained Australian adviser to Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, gets vaccinated against the Covid-19
Sean Turnell has been detained in Myanmar since a military coup overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi. Photograph: Myanmar News Agency/AFP/Getty Images

Aung San Suu Kyi and the Australian academic Sean Turnell, who served as her adviser, have been sentenced to three years in prison after a closed trial in Myanmar, according to reports.

Turnell, an economist at Sydney’s Macquarie University, was first detained on 6 February last year, a few days after the military ousted Myanmar’s elected government, plunging the country into chaos.

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