No Way!
Posted on 08/11/2009 12:20:37 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to an additional 18 months house arrest by a court in Rangoon.
Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate, was convicted of violating state security laws by allowing a US national into her lakeside home after he swam there.
She was jailed for three years with hard labour, but this was commuted to house arrest, an official said.
American John Yettaw was jailed for seven years, four with hard labour.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
the guy is a nitwit and gave the evil junta a custom reason
to mess with Daw Suu some more
He should have drowned in the damn lake
Just Damn!
She’s a danger to the thugs that rule the country. Her party won in a landslide. They would have detained her for some other reason if that wacko hadn’t given them one.
I’d be surprised if Mr Yettaw makes it out alive.
no Al Gore and 7 years of free Burmese lessons
She is guilty of wanting to be free. Where in the “F” is our Zer0? Useless, as always. SHAME!
No Way!
So... did he google up her address and some swimming directions?
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