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Professor Sean Turnell, a former economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, has once again thanked Hun Sen, President of the Senate and former Prime Minister of Cambodia, for his efforts to release him from military custody in Burma.

On the second anniversary of the military coup in Burma (also known as Myanmar), the Australian government has ...

Economics professor Sean Turnell battled rats, scorpions and multiple bouts of Covid while imprisoned in Insein jail in Burma on trumped-up charges, before he was released two weeks ago.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken of his relief and joy at the release of economist Sean Turnell ...

An Australian academic who was jailed by Myanmars military regime has related his harrowing experiences of being chained in a small cell, eating out of buckets and battling rats and scorpions.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is completing his tour of Southeast Asia with a pledge to take Australia's relationship with China forward.

Australian economist Sean Turnell has arrived in Thailand after being released from prison in Myanmar. 

Political prisoners were not among the 1,600 prisoners released under the Burmese military junta's amnesty on Sunday, according to reports.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen apologised for suggesting the former adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been freed.

Australian economist Sean Turnell remains in detention in Myanmar, authorities there say, following Cambodian government reports he had been freed.