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Fate of detained Australian economist Sean Turnell may be tied to Aung Sung Suu Kyi

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
Fate of detained Australian economist Sean Turnell may be tied to Aung Sung Suu KyiThe Irrawaddy

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...

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