Suu Kyi’s house to be auctioned for over RM700mil

Symbolic residence: Suu Kyi (right) and Clinton walking in front of the house in Yangon in this file pic from Dec 2, 2011.

A COURT in military-run Myanmar has put up for auction the villa where ex-leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest, and set starting bids at 315 billion kyats (RM706mil), a source said on Thursday.

Suu Kyi, back in detention since the military overthrew her government in 2021, has been embroiled in a decades-long legal dispute with her brother over ownership of the lakeside villa.