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Economics professor Sean Turnell at his Sydney home.

Australia’s least likely spy on tipping the balance in a brutal civil war

Sean Turnell was Aung San Suu Kyi’s financial Mr Fix-it and says everything is pointing to the defeat of Myanmar’s junta.

  • Michael Ruffles

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Sean Turnell and his wife, Ha Vu, before his imprisonment in February 2021.

Sean Turnell spent 650 days in a Myanmar jail. His humour survived

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.

  • Michael Ruffles
Aung San Suu Kyi’s governing National League for Democracy Party was overthrown by the military.

Jailed Aung San Suu Kyi ill and denied medical care, says son

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.

  • Chris Barrett
Then de facto Myanmar leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw in 2019.

Aung San Suu Kyi among 7000 to receive pardons

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.

  • Chris Barrett
Residents from eastern Myanmar are seen after fleeing into Thailand’s Tak Province from Myanmar’s Myawaddy district.

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100

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”.

  • Grant Peck
Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to another seven years jail.

‘Farcical’ : Aung San Suu Kyi’s jail time increases as secretive trials end

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.

  • Martin Petty
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A Buddhist monk raises his clenched fist while marching during an anti-military government protest rally.

‘A clear message’: UN council demands end to violence in historic Myanmar vote

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.

  • Edith Lederer
Sean Turnell and wife Ha Vu before his imprisonment in February 2021.

Australian Sean Turnell released from jail by Myanmar junta

The academic was freed to “to maintain friendly relations with other countries”, an official announcement said.

  • Chris Barrett
Sean Turnell with Aung San Suu Kyi before the military coup.

Australian economist Sean Turnell set to learn fate in secret junta trial

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.

  • Chris Barrett
Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest under the previous, decades-long military rule.

Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more corruption charges

The country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional six years in prison, a legal official said.

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