Australian academic pleads not guilty in trial with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, official says

Sean Turnell was arrested and charged with violating the official secrets act five days after Aung San Suu Kyi's government was ousted in 2021

An Australian academic who is being tried with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of violating the country's official secrets law testified in court for the first time on Thursday, a legal official has said.

Sean Turnell, an economist at Sydney's Macquarie University, had served as an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, who was arrested when her elected government was ousted by the army on 1 February 2021.