FILE PHOTO: Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the ASEAN-China Summit with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
Sean Turnell, an economic adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested on Feb. 6 last year, a few days after a coup, and is charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. "In reality, the Australian national was not released," Hun Sen said in a Facebook post late on Monday.
Myanmar military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told BBC Burmese there were no plans to release Turnell. He did not answer calls from Reuters seeking confirmation.Turnell's trial has yet to start. He is among about 11,000 people detained since the coup, say activists.