Sean Turnell was Aung San Suu Kyi’s financial Mr Fix-it and says everything is pointing to the defeat of Myanmar’s junta.
The Sydney economist is no Jason Bourne,but as an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s government he was in the junta’s sights soon after the 2021 coup.
The 78-year-old’s condition has led her family to raise new concerns about her treatment by Myanmar’s military,which has detained her since a 2021 coup.
The 78-year-old Nobel laureate was jailed for 33 years after the Myanmar military staged a coup in 2021. The clemency means her jail time will be reduced.
A junta spokesman admitted the military attacked a ceremony held by its armed opponents and said if civilians died it was because they were helping “the terrorists”.
In a court session held behind closed doors,Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of offences relating to her lease and use of a helicopter.
In its first ever-resolution on the South-east Asian nation,the council also urged the release of all “arbitrarily detained” prisoners including former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The academic was freed to “to maintain friendly relations with other countries”,an official announcement said.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s economic advisor Sean Turnell has been locked up on trumped-up charges in Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup last year.
The country’s ousted leader,Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional six years in prison,a legal official said.
The Australian served as economics advisor to leader Aung San Suu Kyi when her government was deposed in an army coup 16 months ago. He’s been in prison since.