Reports from Burma say Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been put under temporary arrest after a violent clash in the north of the country, in which four people were killed.
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The country's military regime says 17 senior members of her National League for Democracy were also taken into what it called "protective custody" along with their leader after the clashes. A military spokesman, Brigadier General Than Tun, says Suu Kyi is being held in a township about 560 kilometres north of the capital. He says she was taken into custody on Friday night after hundreds of her supporters clashed with opponents in the town. At the same time, officials have sealed the Opposition headquarters in Rangoon. Witnesses say security officials arrived at the NLD headquarters in the early afternoon and put a large padlock on the door and removed a party flag.
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