Myanmar opposition leader accused of tax evasion

MYANMAR’S state media accused pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday of evading taxes by spending her money from the 1991 Nobel Peace prize and other awards overseas.

Ms Suu Kyi, the country’s opposition leader, has been in prison or under house arrest for 11 of the last 17 years.

Myanmar’s military junta regularly calls her a threat to national unity and says she and her party are trying to undermine the government by collaborating with foreign powers.