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May 14, 2009

Suu Kyi Jailed, Charged for Uninvited Visit from US National
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In Burma, the military junta has charged the confined pro-democracy
leader Aung San Suu Kyi for an uninvited visit from a US citizen who
swam across a lake to reach her home. The junta says John Yettaw spent
two days in Suu Kyi’s home before he was captured as he made his way
out. Her attorneys say Yettaw ignored Suu Kyi’s pleas to leave and spent
a night sleeping on a ground floor. Earlier today, Suu Kyi and two aides
were taken to a prison near the former capital of Rangoon. Suu Kyi has
spent thirteen of the last nineteen years under house arrest. She’s
being charged with violating the terms of her detention.



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