"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary of the National League for Democracy, has been under house arrest for exactly 5 years. She was attacked by members of Union Solidarity and Development Association and thugs backed by the military during the massacre near the town Depayin. The massacre took place during an organizational tour on 30th May 2003. Since then, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had been put under house arrest for the so called reason of ?protective custody” under the article 10(b) of the Burma State Protection Law 1975, which permits the authorities to detain a person who is deemed to be ?a threat to the sovereignty and security of the State and peace of the people” for up to five years only..."