The military this morning arrested State Counselor Suu Kyi and several Myanmar government officials in a raid they said was in response to November’s fraudulent election in which Suu Kyi’s party won.

The moves come after days of fears of a coup, reflecting tense relations between Suu Kyi and the military.

In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while still under house arrest.

In her hometown, she is still revered by the people.

Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, in March 2016.

Suu Kyi spent 15 years in detention between 1989 and 2010. Her fight to bring democracy to military-ruled Myanmar made Suu Kyi an international symbol of

In November 2015, she led the National League for Democracy (NLD) party to a resounding victory in Myanmar’s first public election in 25 years.

Myanmar’s Constitution prevents Suu Kyi from becoming president because she has a husband and children with foreign nationality.

Suu Kyi is the daughter of Myanmar’s national hero, General Aung San.

In 1960, she came to India with her mother, Daw Khin Kyi, who was appointed Myanmar Ambassador to Delhi at that time.

Four years later, she went to Oxford University, England, studying philosophy, politics and economics.

After living and working in Japan and Bhutan, Suu Kyi settled in England and raised her two children, Alexander and Kim.

When she returned to Rangoon (now Yangon) in 1988 to take care of her terminally ill mother, Myanmar was in the midst of a major political upheaval.

`As my father’s daughter, I cannot be indifferent to what is going on,` she declared in a speech in Rangoon on August 26, 1988.

Inspired by the nonviolent campaigns of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King and India’s Mahatma Gandhi, Suu Kyi organized rallies across the country, calling for peaceful and democratic reforms.

However, the protests were brutally suppressed by the military.

The Myanmar military government held national elections in May 1990.

Suu Kyi was under house arrest in Rangoon for 6 years.

She was again placed under house arrest in September 2000 when she tried to go to Mandalay city to protest travel restrictions.

Suu Kyi was occasionally able to meet with NLD party officials and some diplomats, but in the early years she was often held incommunicado.

Myanmar military officials at that time offered to let her return to England to see her husband when he was seriously ill, but she refused because she feared she would not be allowed to return to the country.

Suu Kyi was sidelined in Myanmar’s first election in two decades on November 7, 2010.

US President Barack Obama and LND Party leader Aung San Suu Kyi held a press conference at her residence in Yangon in November 2014.

As the new government embarked on reforms, Suu Kyi and her party began to perform strongly again.

In May 2012, Suu Kyi left Myanmar for the first time in 24 years, a clear sign of confidence that the new leaders would allow her to return to the country.

Since becoming state counselor, Suu Kyi’s reputation as a leader has been greatly affected by her handling of the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.

In 2017, hundreds of thousands of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority fled to neighboring Bangladesh because of a military crackdown following several deadly attacks on police stations in Rakhine state, the region’s northern region.

Myanmar is currently facing a lawsuit alleging genocide at the International Court of Justice, while the International Criminal Court is investigating the country for crimes against humanity.

Suu Kyi’s former supporters in the international community now criticize her for doing nothing to prevent rape, killing and even possible genocide by refusing to condemn the military or admit

Many initially dismissed Suu Kyi as a pragmatic politician simply trying to govern a multi-ethnic country with a complicated history.

Rohingya refugees working in Bangladesh.

However, in her home country of Myanmar, Suu Kyi is still respected among the majority Buddhist community, which is not very sympathetic to the Muslim Rohingya.

Since coming to power, Suu Kyi and her NLD government have also faced criticism for their decision to prosecute journalists and activists based on colonial-era laws.

She has made progress on reforms in some areas but the military still holds a quarter of the seats in parliament and controls key ministries such as the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Borders.

In August 2018, Suu Kyi described the generals in her cabinet as `pretty sweet`.

Experts say Myanmar’s democratic transition process seems to be stalling.

The Covid-19 pandemic is also quite serious in this country, increasing pressure on the country’s already poor health care system.

However, Suu Kyi’s credibility is still high.

Following Suu Kyi’s arrest, the military declared a nationwide state of emergency for one year.

`This is a major setback, not only for democracy in Myanmar, but also for U.S. interests. It is another reminder of the lack of credible and stable U.S. engagement in

Vu Hoang (According to BBC)