Recalled witness testifies against Daw Aung Suu Kyi for taking $550K bribe from tycoon Maung Weik

Recalled witness testifies against Daw Aung Suu Kyi for taking $550K bribe from tycoon Maung Weik
Published 27 July 2022

U Ye Htet from the Anti-Corruption Commission testified as a recalled plaintiff witness in court against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the two counts of corruption charges under the Anti-Corruption Law for reportedly receiving   550,000 US dollars in bribes from U Maung Weik, owner of Sae Paing Company, according to sources related to the case.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in the special court in the compound of the Nay Pyi Taw Prison on July 26.

During the hearing, U Ye Htet was questioned as a recalled witness for Case No.3/2022 and Case No.4/2022 in which Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with corruption.

The MWD TV released a video file of Maung Weik at 8 pm on March 17, 2021. He said he made donations to the government to facilitate his business after the establishment of Sae Paing Company in 2014. In 2017, he became with Daw Khin Khin Oo working at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house. In May 2018, with her help, Maung Weik visited Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her home and donated US$ 100,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for Daw Khin Kyi’s Foundation fund at her home in a black paper gift bag in front of U Kyauk San and U Hla Myo.

In 2019, he personally gave US$ 150,000 placed in a black paper gift bag to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her home. In February 2020, another US$ 50,000 was donated to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her home. In April again, he personally donated US$ 250,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her home. At that time, no one was around, said Maung Weik.

The next hearing for those cases is set on August 1, where the remaining witnesses will be questioned, the sources said.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to 11 years in prison for the previous cases, and she is now a separate cell of the Nay Pyi Taw Prison.