Myanmar’s cash-strapped opposition party is tapping into the prestige of its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Two sweaters hand-knit by the leader have been auctioned for $123,000 (N19,206,450).
A green-and-white sweater with a floral design sold at a Friday night auction to an anonymous bidder for 63 million kyat, or $74,120 (N11,573,838).
On Thursday, a Myanmar-based radio station won a bidding war for a multi-coloured V-neck that fetched $49,000 (N7,651,350).
Suu Kyi has not publicly reacted to the success of her party’s two-day fundraiser, but aides said she was pleased with the results.
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is satisfied with the auction and the donations received,” close aide Ko Ni said Saturday. “She needs a lot of cash to carry out projects for the welfare of the people.” Daw is a term of respect in Myanmar.
The auction was part of a fundraising event organised by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party to raise money for education of poor children and health projects in Myanmar an impoverished Southeast Asian nation also known as Burma.
Both sweaters were knitted by Suu Kyi at least 25 years ago when she was living in England and raising her two children, Ko Ni told The Associated Press.
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