New Lawsuit against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Hidden Agenda?

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"The new lawsuit that U Aung San Oo has filed against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a suit filed after the Court had dismissed the first suit for inheritance. The defect in the earlier suit apparently has been taken care of. But it will have to go through rough water. Section 6 of the ?Transfer of Immovable Property Restriction Law? of 1987 reads ?(...) when any person leaves Myanmar for good (...), the Ministry concerned may after scrutiny case by case in respect of the immovable property owned by that person, carry out in conformity with the procedures as follows: (a) allowing right of inheritance in accordance with law; (b) confiscating by the State?. Section 7 of the Law reads, ?If the Ministry concerned decides to allow right of inheritance under subsection 6, as to who should inherit the immovable property shall be by consensus of the heirs or by the decision of the Court in accordance with the relevant succession law?..."

Creator/author: 

B.K. Sen, Khin Maung Win

Source/publisher: 

"Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 8 (Burma Lawyers' Council)

Date of Publication: 

2001-04-00

Date of entry: 

2003-06-03

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English

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