‘He brought jobs, investment and hope’: Family calls for release of Australian academic held in Myanmar

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“We are distraught that Professor Sean Turnell, our beloved family member and an internationally respected academic, has been detained in Myanmar,” his family said in a statement. Gallo_Ways

The family of an Australian man who has been detained by the Myanmar military has called for his immediate release, saying he is a dedicated family man who has devoted more than two decades of his life to the south-east Asian country.taken into custody at the weekend by military officers who arrived at his Yangon hotel and escorted him to a police station.

His wife Ha Vu, an Australian academic at Macquarie University, released a statement overnight saying the family was “distraught” about his detention following last week’s military coup.Advertisement “He is warm and kind-hearted, generous, and always thinks about others before himself. Even now, wherever he is confined, we know that his thoughts and concerns are with those worrying about him.”

 

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