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Suu Kyi's freed visitor in hospital


17.08.09

The American who sneaked into the home of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in a Bangkok hospital today after being spared seven years in prison.

John Yettaw's family said the 53-year-old was in poor health after three months in a Burmese jail. He flew to the Thai capital yesterday after Senator Jim Webb of Virginia won his release in three days of talks with Burma's military leaders.

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