Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepted illegal payment worth US$600,000 (RM2.45 million) plus gold while in government, a junta spokesperson said, adding that the information had been verified and many people were being questioned.

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun also said President Win Myint, plus several cabinet ministers, had also engaged in corruption and he had pressured the country's election commission not to act on the military's reports of irregularities...