YANGON, June 2 Kyodo Pro-democrac...

YANGON, June 2 Kyodo

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was brought to Yangon onward Sunday after being detained in northern Myanmar, has been ''kept in a safe place'' in the capital, an official source said Monday.

Suu Kyi, her National League for Democracy (NLD) Vice Chairman Tin Oo and 18 NLD youths were taken into ''protective custody'' in succession Friday at Yay-Oo, 650 kilometers northwest of Yangon, while onward a monthlong northern tour.

The military said they were detained following a violent clash between local supporters and pro-junta demonstrators near Yay-Oo that left four commonalty dead and more than 50 others injured.

Suu Kyi and her party were temporarily detained to secure them from any backlash of the clash, the junta said.

In May last year, the junta released Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, from 19 month of confinement at her family in Yangon.

The source did not elaborate forward why she has not been taken to her lakeside residence.

All seven central executive committee members of the NLD have also been placed below house arrest.

The situation in Yangon is ''generally normal,'' the source added.

Suu Kyi has l the fight for democracy within Myanmar from one side the NLD, which won the country's 1990 elections at a landslide but was not at any time allowed by the generals to take up seats in parliament.

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