Myanmar: Suu Kyi arrested again

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 17 members of her National League for Democracy party in Myanmar have been arrested.

The military government says she was taken into "protective custody" after fighting between supporters and opponents in northern Myanmar.

The move came after a conflict erupted on Friday leaving four people dead and 50 injured, Brigadier General Than Tun said.

The NLD leader had to cut short a month long tour in the north of the country formerly known as Burma.

He denied reports that Suu Kyi's car had been shot at, and said Suu Kyi and the NLD members were unharmed in the incident.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner, was released from house arrest in May last year after almost a decade.

The NLD swept to a landslide victory in 1990 elections but was never allowed to rule.

Officials have often complained that Suu Kyi has been harassed by government supporters on her trips outside Yangon where her headquarters is located.