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" BANGKOK — John William Yettaw thought he was on a mission from God to save Aung San Suu Kyi. But the American ended up inadvertently extending her house arrest.
It started with his now infamous swim in May. Overweight, asthmatic and suffering from borderline diabetes, he arrived at the back door of the Nobel Peace laureate's home and lay down exhausted, with cramps in both legs. Suu Kyi's two companions heard him moaning but let him in only after dawn.
Then Suu Kyi herself told him to get out.
The bizarre and unexpected visit led to a trial — in which Suu Kyi was charged with violating her house arrest and Yettaw with abetting her in that crime. On Tuesday, the court sentenced both Suu Kyi and Yettaw, who spent the final days before the verdict in a hospital for epileptic seizures, isolated and under guard.
Suu Kyi's house arrest for her pro-democracy activities had been expected to be over at the end of May. But Yettaw's visit gave the ruling military junta a pretext — though they might have found one anyway — to keep her detained through a general election planned for next year.
Suu Kyi was sentenced to 18 more months in detention. Yettaw got seven years in prison with hard labor, shocking his family."
More at: American whose swim led to more house arrest for Suu Kyi thought he was being helpful | San Francisco Examiner
It started with his now infamous swim in May. Overweight, asthmatic and suffering from borderline diabetes, he arrived at the back door of the Nobel Peace laureate's home and lay down exhausted, with cramps in both legs. Suu Kyi's two companions heard him moaning but let him in only after dawn.
Then Suu Kyi herself told him to get out.
The bizarre and unexpected visit led to a trial — in which Suu Kyi was charged with violating her house arrest and Yettaw with abetting her in that crime. On Tuesday, the court sentenced both Suu Kyi and Yettaw, who spent the final days before the verdict in a hospital for epileptic seizures, isolated and under guard.
Suu Kyi's house arrest for her pro-democracy activities had been expected to be over at the end of May. But Yettaw's visit gave the ruling military junta a pretext — though they might have found one anyway — to keep her detained through a general election planned for next year.
Suu Kyi was sentenced to 18 more months in detention. Yettaw got seven years in prison with hard labor, shocking his family."
More at: American whose swim led to more house arrest for Suu Kyi thought he was being helpful | San Francisco Examiner