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Political activists including exiles from Myanmar hold pictures of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi as they head towards the Myanmar embassy to stage a protest in Bangkok on November 7, 2010. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Australia’s ambassador to Burma (also known as Myanmar) has spoken with Sean Turnell, the detained economics adviser to the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Minister Marise Payne has said.
“Our ambassador and professor Turnell discussed his health, welfare and the conditions in which he is being detained,” Senator Payne said in a statement on Thursday.
Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
