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
The IrrawaddySean 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...
