FACTBOX: Key facts on Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

-- Suu Kyi was put under house arrest in July 1989 for "endangering the state." Her husband and sons were placed under similar restrictions when they joined her in 1989 from Britain.

-- Although Suu Kyi was barred from standing in general elections in 1990, her NLD party won 392 of 485 parliamentary seats in the first multi-party general election since 1960. The military ignored the result, refusing to relinquish power.

** HOUSE ARREST:

-- Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, Suu Kyi has been in prison or under house arrest off and on since 1989. Aris died in March 1999 and Suu Kyi declined an offer from the junta to leave the country to attend his funeral in Britain.

-- Suu Kyi's latest stretch of detention began on May 30, 2003 after clashes between her supporters and pro-junta demonstrators. Since then, she has been held virtually incommunicado, with her telephone line cut, her mail intercepted and visitors restricted.

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