YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi received an unexpected guest while under house arrest — an American who swam under the cover of darkness to her lakeside home, sneaked in, and stayed two nights.
According to a report in the New Light of Myanmar newspaper Thursday, a U.S. citizen named John Willian Yeattaw confessed that he swam in the lake to Suu Kyi’s home Sunday and left Tuesday night.
Yeattaw was arrested at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, said the report.
It was unclear whether Suu Kyi, head of National League for Democracy party, was in contact with the intruder.
Nyan Win, spokesman for her party, said it was worrisome how easily the American accessed the tightly guarded home.
by the associated press
According to a report in the New Light of Myanmar newspaper Thursday, a U.S. citizen named John Willian Yeattaw confessed that he swam in the lake to Suu Kyi’s home Sunday and left Tuesday night.
Yeattaw was arrested at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, said the report.
It was unclear whether Suu Kyi, head of National League for Democracy party, was in contact with the intruder.
Nyan Win, spokesman for her party, said it was worrisome how easily the American accessed the tightly guarded home.
by the associated press
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