The legal showdown between Ms Suu Kyi and her brother comes as the SPDC is preparing to hold a controversial election later this year…Ms Suu Kyi herself, whose house arrest was extended last year after a US citizen swam across Inya Lake to her house uninvited, has given no public hint of how she regards the legal challenges mounted by her brother. It can be assumed, given all the other extaordinary privations of her life, that it is a source of great sorrow and indignation…

– Extracted from Andrew Buncombe, “Aung San Suu Kyi, a leaking roof, and the brother who won’t let her fix it”, The Independent, 4 February 2010.