Multiparty legislative elections in 1990 resulted in the main opposition party – the National League for Democracy (NLD) – winnig a landslide victory. Instead of handing over power , the junta placed NLD leader (and Nobel Peace Prize recipient) AUNG SAN SUU KYI under house arrest from 1989 to 1995, 2000 to 2002, and from May 2003 to November 2010. In late