By Reuters Staff
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April 4 (Reuters) - An Australian couple has been freed from house arrest in Myanmar and allowed to leave the country without charge, one of the two business consultants said on Sunday.
Christa Avery and her husband Matthew O’Kane were refused permission to leave Myanmar last month when they were about to board a flight home.
The country has been in turmoil since a military coup on Feb. 1 that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
“I am, of course, incredibly relieved to have been released and to be on my way home with my husband, Matt,” Avery said in a statement.
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