Regime Removes Gen. Aung San Photo, Quote From Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Home

Regime forces raided Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s historic family home at No. 54 University Avenue in Yangon on Monday night, a few days before her 81st birthday, and removed a portrait of her father General Aung San from the entrance of the residence, according to a National League for Democracy (NLD) member.

A regime team comprising around 40 to 50 men interrogated residents and removed the portrait of Myanmar’s independence hero Gen. Aung San together with a signboard bearing his words: “Act decisively in the interests of the people and the nation.”

“They came at night, questioned the residents, and took down General Aung San’s photo. We only learned about it in the morning. It is unusual—at a time when reports are spreading of General Aung San statues being removed elsewhere. So we are wondering why they are doing this,” the NLD member said.

he portrait and signboard were originally put up by Daw Khin Khin Win, who lived with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during her house arrest under former dictator Than Shwe.

The raid came after the regime dismantled a statue of General Aung San and the surrounding public square in Bago Region’s Taungoo last week, following coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing’s visit there. The 4.5-m bronze figure was unveiled on February 13, 2016, to mark the 101st anniversary of Gen. Aung San’s birth. The regime has systematically removed monuments to the independence leader since seizing power from an elected government led by his daughter, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in 2021. In July 2025, soldiers dismantled the country’s largest Aung San statue—a 5.5-m bronze weighing 7 tons—in Naypyitaw.

The historic residence where Daw Aung San Suu Kyi served three terms of house arrest spanning 15 years under previous military regimes remains the subject of an inheritance dispute between her and her estranged brother U Aung San Oo. The junta‑controlled courts have attempted to auction it four times, but no buyers came forward. In September 2022, the National Unity Government declared the residence a national cultural heritage site.

The junta’s removal of Gen. Aung San’s image comes as resistance forces intensify calls for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release ahead of her 81st birthday on Friday. It will mark the sixth birthday she has spent in the Myanmar military’s custody since the 2021 coup.

Her son Kim Aris and pro‑democracy groups continue to demand proof that she is alive and well. The junta released former President U Win Myint on April 17, but announced on April 30 that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would continue serving her remaining sentences under house arrest at a “designated residence”.

The latest raid on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s home is part of a wider pattern. On June 12, the junta stripped the NLD headquarters in Yangon of its party signboard and logo. Since the coup, NLD offices across the country have been repeatedly attacked and destroyed. On March 29, 2023, the junta formally dissolved the NLD, claiming it had failed to re‑register under new electoral laws.