Aung Suu Kyi's House Arrest Site Up For Auction By Court, Bid Starts At...

The Nobel laureate was detained at the decrepit, colonial-style residence on Yangon's Inya Lake until 2012 when she moved to the capital Naypyitaw to attend parliament after her release.

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 ($90 million), a source said on Thursday.

Aung San 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.

A person with knowledge of the proceedings said the court-ordered auction will be held at the house on March 20.