BREAKING Sean Turnell, the Australian economist jailed in military-ruled Myanmar, has been released after 21 months in detention. ChrisBarrett_
Sean Turnell, the Australian economist jailed in military-ruled Myanmar, has been released after 21 months in detention.
In September, the Sydney academic was sentenced to three years in prison for violating Myanmar’s colonial-era official secrets act, a conviction slammed as politically motivated by his supporters and rights groups. Turnell will be deported to Australia, where he will reunite with his wife Ha Vu, who is also an economics lecturer.“It’s a great relief to his wonderful wife Ha, his sister and father and all the family,” he said.
It has refrained so far from imposing new sanctions against the military regime, as the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have done, a decision believed to be linked to Turnell’s incarceration.
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