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Myanmar: A Desperate Junta Trying, and Failing, To Shore up Its Legitimacy

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser was sentenced to three years in prison. It won’t help the Myanmar junta’s international isolation or its domestic problems.

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Wife of Australian economist imprisoned in Myanmar says family is heartbroken by three-year sentence

Ha Vu pleads for Prof Sean Turnell’s release after secret trial which Australian diplomats and journalists were banned from

The Guardian - AU

A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviser

Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of stealing state secrets.

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Aung San Suu Kyi is convicted again in Myanmar, alongside an Australian adviser

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years for violating the official secrets act, on top of a 20-year sentence already handed down by the military junta that took power in 2021.

WEKU

Model sentenced to six years in prison for posting racy pictures on OnlyFans

Nang Mwe San was sentenced to six years by a Myanmar military court, where she was denied the right to legal representation, after posting nudes and other racy pictures on OnlyFans

Daily Mirror

Australia rejects Myanmar court ruling

The federal government has called for the release of Australian academic Sean Turnell from prison in Myanmar, where he was sentenced to three years.

AAP

Wife pleads for release of Australian sentenced in Myanmar

The wife of Australian economist Sean Turnell pleaded for his release on Thursday, saying his jailing in Myanmar is “heartbreaking” for his whole family.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi, Australian economist jailed for 3 years

A Myanmar junta court sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on Thursday while also jailing an Australian economist, according to a source with knowledge of the case.

Bangkok Post

Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economic adviser jailed in Myanmar

Australia calls for immediate release of Sean Turnell who was tried alongside Aung San Suu Kyi over state secrets.

Al Jazeera

Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case along with Australian economist Sean Turnell

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser handed three years’ jail after secret trial

Myanmar junta’s sentencing of ousted leader and economic adviser Sean Turnell described as ‘cruel injustice’

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years - source

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said.

Reuters

Malaysian PM laments lack of UN action on Myanmar crisis

Thousands have been killed since Myanmar’s military seized power in February 2021 from Aung San Suu Kyi’s government.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar civil society tells UN to stop giving regime ‘legitimacy’

UN chief Antonio Guterres told UN agencies ‘must stop’ presenting credentials and signing agreements with coup leaders.

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Australian economist Sean Turnell's fate in secret Myanmar trial to be known next week, reports say

Supporters of Australian advisor to former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Sean Turnell, are hopeful of his possible release as his secret trial concludes.

Al Jazeera

Call for action on Myanmar as at least 11 killed in school attack

At least 11 children killed in military raid, as UN, ASEAN consider tougher measures to deal with post-coup crisis.

Reuters

U.N. envoy sets Suu Kyi meeting as a condition for visiting Myanmar again

A senior U.N. official who made a rare trip to hold talks with Myanmar's military rulers last month said on Monday she would visit the Southeast Asian country again only if she were allowed to meet ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Independent UK

UN envoy says won't visit Myanmar if she can't see Suu Kyi

The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar says she will not visit the Southeast Asia nation again unless its military government allows her to meet with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

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Al Jazeera

UN Myanmar envoy ‘very concerned’ about Aung San Suu Kyi’s health

Noeleen Heyzer says she will not make a second visit to the country unless she can see the deposed leader.

The Guardian - UK

Historic Yangon villa where Aung San Suu Kyi was held for 15 years under threat

Ousted leader’s estranged brother has won a court case allowing villa, considered a symbol of democracy in Myanmar, to be sold

Reuters

EU condemns jail, hard labour sentence for Myanmar's Suu Kyi

The European Union condemned on Sunday the sentencing of Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to jail with hard labour, after she was found guilty of electoral fraud.

Evening Standard

Former British ambassador to Myanmar jailed for violating immigration laws

Myanmar’s military junta said Miss Bowman’s failure to report her change of address breached visa rules

The Guardian - UK

Ex-UK ambassador and her husband jailed for a year in Myanmar, reports say

Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin were arrested last week accused of violating immigration laws

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets 3 years’ jail for election fraud

Latest sentence adds to the 17 years in prison that Aung San Suu Kyi has already been given in military-ruled Myanmar.

Reuters

Factbox: Legal cases against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further three years in prison on Friday with hard labour for committing electoral fraud, according to a source familiar with her secretive trial.

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