The house where deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent more than a decade under house arrest was put up for auction Wednesday – but attracted no bidders.
The lakeside house in the former capital, Yangon, has been the center of an estate battle between Suu Kyi and her estranged brother Aung San Oo. The property was handed down by their late mother, Khin Kyi, who lived in the house for several decades following the assassination in 1947 of her husband, independence hero General Aung San.
A court ruled in January that the house be sold at auction and the proceeds split between the siblings. The home, which sits on less than a hectare of land, was listed for $90 million.
Suu Kyi moved into the house in 1988 after returning from Britain to look after her ailing mother and launching her political career as a founder of the pro-democracy National League for Democracy. She was put under house arrest by the ruling military junta at the time and spent the next 15 years there in detention, during which time she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
She welcomed several dignitaries to the home after her release in 2010, including former U.S. President Barack Obama and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Suu Kyi left Yangon and moved to the military-built capital Naypyidaw in 2012 to serve in parliament and eventually lead the newly elected civilian government in 2016. The military again took control of Myanmar in February 2021 and jailed Suu Kyi and other leaders of the civilian government.
She is currently serving 27 years in prison after her conviction on various charges brought against her by the current junta.
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse.
