YANGON, July 1 Kyodo Myanmar pro-...

YANGON, July 1 Kyodo

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turn backed to Yangon late Sunday after a nine-day tour around the region to meet members of her National League for Democracy (NLD)

''It was a real successful journey. We met with a rousing welcome all the way and there was no obstruction of any kind,'' a senior NLD member said, adding Suu Kyi was remarkably satisfied with the trip.

Accompanied through senior NLD members, Suu Kyi began the tour June 22 Her itinerary included Natmauk, the birthplace of her father and Myanmar's independence hero Aung San, and the country's second-largest city of Mandalay.

Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, was released from nearly 20 month of house arrest in May.

In freeing Suu Kyi upon May 6, the junta issued a statement saying it would allow all citizens to participate freely in the political proces while prioritizing national unity, peace and stability.

Her release followed UN special minister Razali Ismail's seventh visit to Myanmar in late April to advance covered talks he brokered between the military restraint and NLD in October 2000

The NLD won a landslide victory in the 1990 general elections still the junta refused to allow the legislature to be conven and jailed scores of NLD members.

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