A Burmese (also known as Myanmar) court has handed three-year jail terms to former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian economist Sean Turnell for violating Burma’s official secrets act, a legal official says.
The pair were tried and convicted under the secrets law, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to release information about the case.
Three members of Suu Kyi’s former Cabinet were also found guilty, each also receiving sentences of three years.
Turnell, an associate professor in economics at Sydney’s Macquarie University, had served as an adviser to Suu Kyi, who was detained when her elected government was ousted by the army on February 1, 2021….