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US man arrested for entering Aung Suu Kyi home in Myanmar
Police tightened security around the home of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday after an American man was arrested for allegedly swimming across a lake and sneaking into her lakeside home.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:15 May 7, 2009
Yangon: Police tightened security around the home of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday after an American man was arrested for allegedly swimming across a lake and sneaking into her lakeside home.
The Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported that authorities arrested the man on Wednesday while he was returning from the visit to Suu Kyi's home.
The report identified the man as John William Yeattaw but gave no details of his motives.
"He secretly entered the house and stayed there," the newspaper reported, saying that he swam with an empty 5-liter plastic water jug, presumably to use as a float.
"Further investigation is under way to find out his motive for secretly entering the restricted area," according to the report.
It would be the first time anyone has sneaked into Suu Kyi's compound or swam across the lake in an attempt to get there.
More than 20 police entered Suu Kyi's compound on Thursday morning, according to witnesses.
Aung Suu Kyi has been kept under house arrest for more than 13 of the past 19 years.
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