Yangon  - A verdict in the trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating the terms of her house arrest is expected to be delivered on Friday, her lawyer Nyan Win said Tuesday.

Final arguments in Suu Kyi's case were presented last Friday, while defence and prosecution lawyers presented their final arguments Monday and Tuesday in the case against Suu Kyi's two housekeepers, Khin Win and Win Ma Ma, as well as John William Yettaw, who swam to Suu Kyi's house-cum-prison on May 3 and stayed there until May 5.

Nyan Win said Tuesday the court at Yangon's Insein Prison would deliver its verdict on Suu Kyi, her two servants and Yettaw on July 31.

In the final hearing Tuesday, the court turned down Nyan Win's request that Suu Kyi's trial be extended to allow her witnesses to testify.

Suu Kyi, who has been confined for 14 of the past 20 years, faces an additional five years of detention for breaching the terms of her house arrest for allegedly allowing Yettaw's intrusion.

Her housekeepers face similar charges for facilitating Yettaw's uninvited visit, and Yettaw himself has been charged with violating the terms of his visa and swimming illegally in Yangon's Inya Lake.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been accused of breaking the terms of her detention by allowing Yettaw to enter her compound without informing the authorities.

Her defence lawyers argued that Suu Kyi had informed authorities of Yettaw's previous visit to her compound in November 2008, when he gave her servants a copy of the Book of Mormon, but they chose to do nothing about it and in fact permitted Yettaw to re-enter the country in May, this year.

Suu Kyi's six-year house detention term ended on May 27, but now she faces up to five years in prison for breaking the terms of that detention.

The beleaguered democracy icon also faces a civil suit over the ownership of her family compound, that has served as her prison for 14 of the past 20 years.

Suu Kyi's cousin, retired army officer Lieutenant Colonel Khin Maung Aye, on July 24 posted a public notice in the Mirror newspaper in Yangon, claiming that he owned a portion of Suu Kyi's compound in Yangon and had already sold it.

The advertisement said that anybody who wanted to oppose the sale could register a legal objection within seven days.

"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 told the German Press Agency dpa.

Final arguments in Suu Kyi's criminal trial were made Tuesday.

If the verdict is guilty, it is unclear where authorities would detain Suu Kyi if not at her lakeside home.

The compound was initially owned by Suu Kyi's mother Khin Kyi, who died in 1988.

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.

Suu Kyi's lawyers deny the claim.

"The whole compound is legally possessed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," said Nyan Win.

Asked whether the civil case may have been raised for political reasons, Nyan Win said, "Of course, they want her to be busier."

Khin Maung Aye was a former managing director of a news and periodicals enterprise under the Ministry of Information. (dpa)