"Home Ministry officials went to her residence and read it out to her," the source said of the order extending the Nobel Laureate's detention, which was due to expire on Sunday.
The order was issued despite urgent appeals from the White House, European Union, United Nations and fellow Nobel peace prize winners to the generals in charge of the former Burma.
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