Myanmar's Suu Kyi rebukes MPs over election expenses


  • World
  • Friday, 20 Nov 2015

National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at a parliament meeting room after meeting with Shwe Mann (not pictured), speaker of Myanmar's Union Parliament, at the Lower House of Parliament in Naypyitaw November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has rebuked some politicians from her victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) for exceeding an internal election spending limit amid worries the beaten ruling party may seek to challenge poll results, an NLD source said.

In private meetings with her advisers and lawmakers, the pro-democracy champion also warned party auditors to carefully scrutinise its campaign reports before they were submitted to the election commission.

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