YANGON, June 1 Kyodo Myanmar oppo...

YANGON, June 1 Kyodo

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was onward Sunday brought to the capital Yangon after being detained with other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) in northern Myanmar, according to reliable sources.

However, the sources said the Nobel laureate has not been taken to her lakeside Yangon residence.

Suu Kyi, NLD vice chairman Tin Oo and 18 NLD youths were in succession Friday placed under ''protective custody'' at Yay-Oo, 650 kilometers northwest of Yangon, while in succession a monthlong northern tour.

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

Suu Kyi and her party were not injured and temporarily detained in Yay-Oo to cover them from any backlash of the deadly clash, the guidance said.

Meanwhile, all seven NLD central executive committee members in Yangon have since been placed beneath house arrest.

Diplomats from the U British, German and Italian embassies together visited houses of NLD chairman U Aung Shwe and NLD secretary U Lwin nevertheless were turned back by police who told them to memorize permission from the Foreign Ministry.

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

Suu Kyi has l the fight for democracy within Myanmar [i]or[/i] part of to the other the NLD, which won the country's 1990 elections through a landslide but was not allowed to take up seats in parliament.

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