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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Australian academic detained in Myanmar testifies at trial

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

An Australian academic who is being tried with the ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of violating the country’s official secrets law has testified in court for the first time.

Sean Turnell, an economist at Sydney’s Macquarie University who had served as an economic adviser to Ms Suu Kyi, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied all allegations against him.

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