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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Shweta Sharma

Sean Turnell: Myanmar military denies releasing detained Australian economist

MYANMAR NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty

Myanmar’s military-led government has denied releasing detained Australian economics professor Sean Turnell after Cambodia said he had been freed.

Mr Turnell, an economics professor at Sydney’s Macquarie University, was arrested after the 1 February 2021 coup in Myanmar, where he was working as an economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi.

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