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#BREAKING Australian economist detained in Myanmar is jailed for 3 years: source
#BREAKING Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to three years under official secrets act: source
#UPDATE A Myanmar junta court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail under the state secrets act, a source tells @AFP.

Detained since the putsch last year, Suu Kyi has already been convicted of corruption and a clutch of other charges by a closed court
#BREAKING Australia urges 'immediate release' of economist jailed in Myanmar
#UPDATE Myanmar's junta sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another three years in prison while also giving an Australian former government adviser the same term, a source tells @AFP.

Both have been detained since the military coup last year

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi.

#AFPGraphics factfile on Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been sentenced to a further 3 years in jail, adding to the 20 years she had accumulated for various charges

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