Aung San Suu Kyi and her economic advisor, Australian economist Sean Turnell, have been sentenced to three years behind bars on espionage charges, reports United Press International. In total, Suu Kyi has been sentenced to more than 20 years’ imprisonment since being arrested in the February 2021 coup.
Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, tweeted that the sentencing of Turnell is “personal. This isn’t hostage diplomacy. Sean was a loyal and close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, working on economic reforms, which impacted the economic interests of the military, and they hate him for it. Australia should be sanctioning the economic interests of the military.”