Cambodia PM says he was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

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

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

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.