Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer calls on Australia to do more to help Sean Turnell
Advisor to deposed leader, who was arrested almost three months ago, is expected to be tried in Myanmar next week
Aung San Suu Kyi’s chief lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, says that the Australian government should be doing more to secure the release of Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratic leader.
Speaking to the Guardian from Naypyidaw, Khin Maung Zaw said that he had not spoken to Turnell since his arrest nearly three months ago. Asked whether the Australian government should be doing more to help the Macquarie University economics professor, who was charged in a Yangon court with breaching official secrets laws, Khin Maung Zaw said: “It should. It’s much better if the Australian government took more interest in Sean’s case.”