Australian freed in Myanmar amnesty lands in Melbourne

FILE PHOTO: Australian economist Sean Turnell (L) stands with fellow economist Tim Harcourt during the Australia Myanmar Institute conference at Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar, November 2017, in this picture obtained from social media on November 17, 2022. Tim Harcourt/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Sean Turnell, a former adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, landed in Melbourne on Friday, media reported, a day after being released from detention by the Southeast Asian nation's military junta in a mass amnesty.

The plane carrying Turnell, an economist, touched down in Melbourne just before noon on Friday, according to state broadcaster ABC. Turnell travelled from Myanmar to Bangkok before boarding an overnight flight to Australia.