"Burma?s leader Daw Aung San Su Kyi was first put under house arrest 20 years ago. In 1990, 19 years ago, her National League for Democracy (NLD) swept the last elections winning over 87.69 % of the seats it had contested, or 392 out of 447 seats. Other ethnic parties were sympathetic to the NLD won 65 seats taking the tally to 485 out of a total of 492 constituencies. The highlight of the election was that it was held by SLORC, State Law & Order Restoration Council that is the military government at that time which had seized power in a Coup. Also it had set up its stooge party to contest the election .The result of the election was a clear repudiation of the military rule. Instead of governing the country whose people had given her party an overwhelming mandate, she had been under virtual detention for last two decades. This was done under its own law, The State Protection Law. It enables detention for a period of 5 years. But from that time on detention was extended in violation of its own law as she was considered a threat to the State..."