<p>Suu Kyi's cousin, retired army officer Lieutenant Colonel Khin Maung Aye, on July 24 posted a public notice in the Mirror newspaper, claiming that he owned a portion of Suu Kyi's compound in Yangon and had already sold it.<br /><br />The advertisement said that anybody who wanted to oppose the sale could register a legal objection within seven days.<br /><br />"I have informed Daw (Mrs) Aung San Suu Kyi of this matter and she said she will take the necessary legal action against this announcement," Suu Kyi's lawyer Nyan Win said.<br /><br />Suu Kyi, 64, is currently on trial for breaking the terms of her detention in her lakeside house-cum-prison for allowing US national John William Yettaw to swim to her compound and spend two nights, albeit uninvited, without informing the authorities.<br /><br />The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest, faces three to five years in jail if found guilty by a special court set up in Insein Prison.<br /><br />Final arguments for the case will be made later Tuesday.<br /><br />If the verdict is guilty, it is unclear where authorities would detain Suu Kyi if not at her lakeside home. <br /><br />The compound was initially owned by Suu Kyi's mother Khin Kyi, who died in 1988.<br /><br />A quarrel over ownership of the property has been an issue for years. Khin Maung Aye has claimed Khin Kyi gave him a portion of the compound before she died.<br /><br />Suu Kyi's lawyers deny the claim.<br /><br />"The whole compound is legally possessed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," said Nyan Win.<br /><br />Asked whether the civil case may have been raised for political reasons, Nyan Win said, "Of course, they want her to be busier."<br /><br />Khin Maung Aye was a former managing director of a news and periodicals enterprise under the ministry of information.</p>
<p>Suu Kyi's cousin, retired army officer Lieutenant Colonel Khin Maung Aye, on July 24 posted a public notice in the Mirror newspaper, claiming that he owned a portion of Suu Kyi's compound in Yangon and had already sold it.<br /><br />The advertisement said that anybody who wanted to oppose the sale could register a legal objection within seven days.<br /><br />"I have informed Daw (Mrs) Aung San Suu Kyi of this matter and she said she will take the necessary legal action against this announcement," Suu Kyi's lawyer Nyan Win said.<br /><br />Suu Kyi, 64, is currently on trial for breaking the terms of her detention in her lakeside house-cum-prison for allowing US national John William Yettaw to swim to her compound and spend two nights, albeit uninvited, without informing the authorities.<br /><br />The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house arrest, faces three to five years in jail if found guilty by a special court set up in Insein Prison.<br /><br />Final arguments for the case will be made later Tuesday.<br /><br />If the verdict is guilty, it is unclear where authorities would detain Suu Kyi if not at her lakeside home. <br /><br />The compound was initially owned by Suu Kyi's mother Khin Kyi, who died in 1988.<br /><br />A quarrel over ownership of the property has been an issue for years. Khin Maung Aye has claimed Khin Kyi gave him a portion of the compound before she died.<br /><br />Suu Kyi's lawyers deny the claim.<br /><br />"The whole compound is legally possessed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," said Nyan Win.<br /><br />Asked whether the civil case may have been raised for political reasons, Nyan Win said, "Of course, they want her to be busier."<br /><br />Khin Maung Aye was a former managing director of a news and periodicals enterprise under the ministry of information.</p>
