Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sean Turnell: Suu Kyi’s Australian advisor is sentenced to three years in prison

Sean Turnell

Military officials have sentenced a former adviser to Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison. In February 2021, just days after Aung San Suu Kyi was taken into custody and her elected government was overthrown in a coup, Sean Turnell was jailed in Yangon. He was accused of violating the … Read more

Suu Kyi’s corruption trial

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YANGON: A Myanmar military court will rule on Aung San Suu Kyi’s corruption case on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the situation, in a case that may see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for 15 years. Suu Kyi, 76, has been imprisoned since a military coup deposed her civilian administration in February of last … Read more

Suu Kyi is back in junta court after being quarantined by Covid

Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted Myanmar leader, appeared in a military court on Thursday after being confined when Covid-19 was discovered among her aides, according to a source familiar with her case. Last year, the 76-year-civilian old’s administration was deposed in a coup that sparked enormous protests, and she now faces a slew of … Read more