FOCUS-Myanmar's Suu Kyi ends car si

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FOCUS-Myanmar's Suu Kyi ends car sit-in protest 
10:25 p.m. Jul 29, 1998 Eastern 

YANGON, July 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has
ended a six-day sit-in protest in a car on the outskirts of the capital and
returned to her home, government sources said on Thursday. 



A government source, when asked if reports that Suu Kyi had returned to her
Yangon home late on Wednesday, said: ``Yes, it is true. She arrived at
about 10.30 p.m. (1600 GMT)'' 



The Nobel Peace laureate's decision to return home followed a visit on
Wednesday to her protest site at a bridge near the village of Anyarsu, 65
km (40 miles) west of Yangon, by three senior officials of her National
League for Democracy (NLD) party. 



The officials were instrumental in persuading her to return home, a
government spokesman said. 



Diplomats in Bangkok on Wednesday said Suu Kyi was running out of food in
her protest against travel curbs imposed by the military government. 



Suu Kyi, daughter of independence leader Aung San, was stopped by security
forces on Friday on her way to western Pathein to visit NDL officials. 



The government said she was stopped because she did not have her security
team with her and it was concerned she might be harmed by anti-government
elements. 



Myanmar had come under pressure from the United States and Japan among
others to allow Suu Kyi to proceed on her journey. 



A government spokesman denied the reports Suu Kyi had been running out of
food. But the junta said it was not ready to discuss growing demands from
her party and leading nations that she be allowed to travel freely. 



The NLD on Wednesday condemned the restrictions on her travel, saying it
was an attempt to curb her political activity. 



``It is illegal confinement to bar the general secretary and (her) party
from going from specially designated areas to other places,'' it said in a
statement. 



The government has also accused Suu Kyi of trying to foment dissent ahead
of the planned reopening next month of universities and other institutions
closed in December 1996 after student unrest. 



Tensions between the junta and the NLD escalated after Suu Kyi urged the
government to convene by August 21 a parliament comprising members elected
in May 1990. 



The NLD swept that poll but the military ignored the result.