DHAKA: A handwritten envelope sent by Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong to the father of fallen politician Bo Xilai and another military leader has fetched more than $1.35 million at a Beijing auction.

The envelope, inscribed in black brushstrokes ‘To Mr Fu Yisheng and Mr Bo Yibo’ by Mao, sold for 6.55 million yuan on Sunday, the China Guardian auction house said on its website, The Straits Times publishes this report on Monday.

The document contained in the envelope was not included, in compliance with government regulations against selling leaders` letters.

Bo was a high-ranking revolutionary general who fought both the Nationalists and Japanese before being jailed and tortured in the 1960s during Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

BDST: 1836 HRS, NOV 25, 2013