Dissidents Say Party Headquarters Raided

Security forces in Myanmar raided the headquarters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party after forcing the Nobel Peace laureate to end a nine-day roadside standoff, party officials said. Sources close to Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, or NLD, said the security forces seized documents and sealed the offices. Nearly 200 riot police forced an end to the standoff after raiding the roadside convoy and forcing Suu Kyi, her driver and 14 colleagues to return to Yangon, the capital, NLD officials said. The government said in a statement that Suu Kyi and her companions were “escorted” home in a motorcade “facilitated by the government for their safe and convenient return.” But NLD Vice Chairman Tin Oo said the group was “brought back forcefully” to Yangon. He did not elaborate.