YANGON (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar have arrested an American after he swam across a lake to the residence of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, and spent two days in her compound.
The official Kyemon daily said on Thursday that John William Yeattaw was arrested while swimming in Inya Lake in Yangon early on Wednesday.
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