YANGON: Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said yesterday the detention of an Australian financial adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi had led to the discovery of secret financial information, according to state-run MRTV television.

Australia has called for the release of Mr Sean Turnell, who was detained on Feb 6, five days after the Feb 1 coup that led to the arrest of Ms Suu Kyi herself.