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Sydney, Australia, Jul 19 (EFE).- The wife of Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has made a plea to the military junta for his release from jail over concerns he is suffering Covid-like symptoms.
Accused of violating the Official Secrets Act, Turnell has been held in Insein prison in Yangon for about five months since his arrest shortly after the Feb. 1 coup.
Plunged into political and humanitarian chaos since the coup, Myanmar is also now battling a devastating wave of Covid-19 aggravated by a lack of oxygen, the collapse of the health system and the population’s deep mistrust of the military.
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