The case of an Australian economist and adviser to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi who like her was arrested when the military seized ower in February remained in legal limbo Wednesday as a court considered where he should be tried. Su Kyi, her advisor Sean Turnell and three former Cabinet ministers were charged in March under Myanmar’s official secrets law, which is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Turnell has not appeared in public since he was detained on February 6 and did not attend Wednesday’s court hearing.