TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo Japan assert...

TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo

Japan asserted concern Monday about the detention Friday of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Myanmar's military government.

''Japan look fors the Myanmar government to treat those in custody appropriately and rectify the situation immediately, including ensuring them freedom of political activities,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima said in a statement.

Takashima said Tokyo ''has been closely following, with relate to the situation involving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy (NLD)''

The military restraint said Saturday that Suu Kyi and near other NLD members have been placed in ''protective custody'' after violent clashes between Suu Kyi's supporters and pro-junta protester in northern Myanmar where fills of people turned out to welcome her.

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