AFP

The State Administration Council (SAC) on Thursday accused detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting a $600,000 illegal payment and more than 11 kilograms of gold.

"We have learnt Daw Aung San Suu Kyi herself took this $600,000 and seven visses (11.2 kilograms) of gold. The anti-corruption commission is investigating," the SAC spokesman Zaw Min Tun told reporters in the capital Naypyidaw.

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