Sean Turnell being detained in Insein Prison

27 April 2021
Sean Turnell being detained in Insein Prison
Sean Turnell, the state counsellor’s economic adviser. Photo: Parami Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Aung San Suu Kyi’s economic advisor Sean Turnell is being detained at Insein Prison in Yangon and seems to be in good health, a recently freed student activist told Myanmar Now.

The Australian was detained days after the February 1 coup and the junta did not reveal his whereabouts. He was initially kept at a hotel in Yangon and then taken into police custody.

Turnell, Suu Kyi, and three of her cabinet members were charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act in late March.