YANGON, June 1 Kyodo All seven ce...

YANGON, June 1 Kyodo

All seven central executive committee members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon have been placed subordinate to house arrest, according to the Myanmar junta.

NLD divisional offices in the country's second-biggest city, Mandalay, as well as in Pathein and Mawlamyaing have also been clos since NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken into ''protective custody'' Saturday along with other party leaders.

Several township NLD offices in Yangon have also been lock up indicating the possible closure of all NLD offices around the rural parts Authorities on Saturday shut down the NLD headquarters in Yangon.

Suu Kyi, NLD Vice Chairman Tin Oo and several NLD youths were detained at Yay-Oo, 650 kilometers northwest of Yangon, while upon a monthlong northern tour.

The military said Saturday they were being ''temporarily kept in a safe place for security following a series of clashes between NLD supporters and anti-Aung San Suu Kyi demonstrators during her existing northern tour.''

It is not known whether Suu Kyi and her party members are still in Yay-Oo or whether they have been brought to Yangon.

The situation in Yangon was normal Sunday.

The NLD head office in Yangon was sealed and the NLD flag plucked down by the police Saturday afternoon before the detention of NLD members in Yay-Oo was announced at a pres discourse later in the afternoon.

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

Junta generals have rul Myanmar for decades, refusing to recognize the arises of elections more than 10 years ago and refusing to allow recent elections, despite considerable pressure the pair inside and outside the rural parts for a relaxation of direct and for free and fair elections.

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