Myanmar sets date for eviction suit

Myanmar sets date for eviction suit

YANGON (AFP): A Myanmar court said on Monday it would announce its ruling at the end of May on a suit filed by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's brother to evict her from her home in Yangon.

Aung San Oo is making his second bid to evict his Nobel peace prize laureate sister from her lakeside residence, where she has been confined by the ruling generals since September, after a first attempt was dismissed on a technicality in January.

Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers last month argued Aung San Oo had no right to apply for his sister to be evicted because, as a foreigner living in the US, he has no right to own property in Myanmar.

If he wins the case, Aung San Oo is expected to turn his share of the house over to the government, a result which would put Aung San Suu Kyi in an extremely precarious position.