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Myanmar frees Australian couple from house arrest
Monday April 05, 2021
An Australian couple has been freed from house arrest in Myanmar and allowed to leave the country without charge, one of the two business consultants says.
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar. An Australian couple has been freed from house arrest. (Photo: EPA/STR)
Christa Avery and her husband Matthew O’Kane were refused permission to leave Myanmar last month when they were about to board a flight home.
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