Professor Turnell had been sentenced to three years in jail for violating official secrets and immigration laws.
Australian economist Sean Turnell is in "good spirits" after being freed from a Myanmar prison.He had been sentenced to three years in jail for violating official secrets and immigration laws.
"He was in really, really good spirits. He was making jokes," he told reporters when he arrived in Bangkok for the APEC summit. "That can have a physical toll, but it can have other health tolls as well. We need to bear that in mind. And we need to give him the space to recover," he said. "I do want to thank, as well, our ASEAN friends, in particular, Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia who has chaired ASEAN and has kept the pressure on," he said.Mr Albanese also thanked Senator Wong for working on regional relationships that helped smooth the way for the academic’s release.
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