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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 26 June, 2009
Clarificationmade at the pressconference…
(from page 16)
secretly and left the houseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyiin the restricted area. Underthe responsibility, we hadto interrogate Mr JohnWilliam Yettaw, DawAung San Suu Kyi, DawKhin Khin Win and MaWin Ma Ma and searchedthe house. Here, I wouldlike to brief you diplomatsand journalists on theinformation we havediscovered in examininghim, and findings.At first, I would like togive a brief account of theevent we arrested him. Asyou know, at about 5.40am on 6 May 2009, securityforces found a suspiciousforeigner swimming witha rucksack and two 5-literempty bottles in Inya Lake,about 50 yards from oldKanthaya hospital, andabout 30 yards from theresidence of the UScharge´ d' affaires. Thesecurity members werethose on duty from No (7)Police Battalion that isstationed in the compoundof the old hospital for se-curity of the perimeter of the house of Daw AungSan Suu Kyi.After calling in andinvestigating theforeigner, the securitymembers found out thathe was Mr John WilliamYettaw and seized 21items of his belongingsincluding two rucksacks,a camera and six memorycards. Now, you can studythe list of the items on theboard. After examiningthe camera, we found outsome photos taken in thehouse of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi, and his photostaken in the house withhousehold things in thebackground. So, we heldhim detention and theninvestigated him andseized things.According to theinvestigation, Mr JohnWilliam Yettaw arrivedat Yangon on 2 May 2009,and put up at Beauty LandHotel (2) at 188/192 on33
rd
Street, Ward (1),Kyauktada Township. On3 May evening, he enteredthe house of Daw AungSan Suu Kyi through InyaLake and left the houseon 5 May.He stayed atDaw Aung San Suu Kyi’shouse from about 4 am on4-5-2009 to over 11 pmon 5-5-2009 and took photos of inside the houseand its surroundings. Af-ter Mr John WilliamYettaw came out of herhouse swimming after 11pm on 5-5-2009, he wasarrested by security guardson 6-5-2009 morning.According to thestatement of Mr Yettawunder examination, hisbrief biography has beenlearnt. He is a 54-year-old American citizen. Hewas born of JeromeWilliam Yettaw andElizabeth Bouchop FogoYettaw at Mt Carmel Gen-eral Hospital in Detroit,Michigan, USA. His na-tive place is Detroit,Michigan. He is theyoungest of the five sib-lings. He has four wivesand is living with hisfourth wife, Betty Kane.He has seven children.When he was young, hehad to go to school in thedaytime and work at agasoline station at night.He had to sleep in a car.He started to go to work at 11 pm and went toschool after finishingwork in the morning.Mr John WilliamYettaw enlisted in the USArmy in April, 1973. Heserved in Vietnam’s bat-tlefield for two years from1973 to 1974 and retired.In 1993-1997, he studiedat Drury College inSpring Field, Missouri. Infour years, he receiveddegrees in Psychology,Social Science, CriminalJustice and Biology in1998. From 1997 to 2000,he joined a MA coursemajoring in Biology PlantChemical Communi-cation and then preparedfor attending a medicalcollege. From 2000 to2007, he attended theForest Institute of Pro-fessional Psychology andstudied Post TraumaticStress Disorder, Pain 
(See page 9)
Photos show seized items, photos and maps showing routes to Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi’s house compound displayed at the press conference on intrusion of UScitizen Mr. John William Yettaw.—
MNA
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Clarification made at the press conference…
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Management and WorldReligions. Now he is do-ing a part-time doctoralcourse and working as atour operator in US tour-ism. Overall, he is foundto be an educated persondoing a PhD (Psychology)course. Moreover, he wasclearly found to be a Viet-nam War veteran.According to the con-fession of Mr Yettaw, hehad entered the com-pound of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi's house for twotimes including thepresent one. Before hesecretly entered DawAung San Suu Kyi’shouse for the first time,he visited Thailand fromSeptember to October2008. During his stay inThailand, he visitedMaetaw clinic in Maesotfor ten times. He also metwith Bo Kyi of AAPP andothers. According to reli-able information, it isknown that he also metwith unlawful organiza-tions and persons fromthose organizations – WaiLin of Lu Baung Thit, MinNaing of ABSFU-FAC,Zaw Tun, Teik Naing of AAPP – that are oppos-ing the government inMaesot. Moreover, hevisited Chaing Mai wherehe stayed at FAC-ForeignAffair Council office un-der the arrangement of DrNaing Aung. He also metwith Zin Maung, KyawWin and Aung Din.With a tourist visa MrYettaw arrived in Yangonand stayed in the city for26 days from 7-11-2008to 3-12-2008. While inYangon on 30-11-2008, heleft the hotel at about 2100hours and went to the cor-ner of the University Av-enue and Inya MyaingRoad after taking No 52bus. From there, hewalked on and on reach-ing the drainpipe near theEmbassy of Republic of Korea, he headed for theInya Lake along the pipe.It was found out that wear-ing a black dress and ablack hat, he got across asection of Inya Lake toreach the house of DawAung San Suu Kyi. Heentered the compound of the house after climbingover the fence in the back of the house.According to thestatement of Mr Yettaw,before leaving the househe left behind a book ti-tled Book of Mormonwhich he had brought ina waterproof bag at thestep near the back door of the house for Daw AungSan Suu Kyi to read it.He said he swam back and left the place alongthe pipe near the Embassyof Republic of Korea. Itis the incident in whichMr Yettaw entered DawAung San Suu Kyi’shouse for the first time.The chart showing theentry and exit routes usedby Mr Yettaw during hisfirst intrusion can be seenon the board.What I would like allto notice here is the factthat Mr Yettaw took thesame route in going to thehouse and coming back from it. The first intru-sion of the house took place on 30-11-2008which was the 3
rd
waxingday of Myanmar monthof Nadaw. So, it was adark night. Despite thedarkness, he managed touse the same route to thehouse and from it. Wemay observe that theroute was the shortest andthe safest for him. MrYettaw, therefore, is in-telligent and a man of high reasoning power. Hecannot be a maniac ormentally deficient personas described by some for-eign media and opposinggroups.When Daw AungSan Suu Kyi told Dr TinMyo Win about the inci-dent, the latter reportedthe matter to the respec-tive security unit in writ-ing on 4-12-2008. Thereport said that Daw KhinKhin Win and her daugh-ter saw a man entered thecompound from the lakeand approaching thehouse around themidnight of 30 Novem-ber; that when he arrivednear the house he called“Daw Aung San SuuKyi” aloud for two timesfrom outside the house;that he was shouting nearthe kitchen at the back of the house; that later heknelt down putting hispalms together; that soonhe left the compoundclimbing the fence near atree stump and went intothe lake again.On receipt of the re-port, the authoritiesformed an investigationcommittee to ascertain thefacts. Moreover, the No 1police battalion under thecommand of Pol Lt-ColZaw Khin Aung took overthe security duty from No6 police battalion com-manded by Pol Lt-ColZaw Naing Tun on 5-12-2008 to carry out the dutywith greater care. Further-more, inspections and re-pairs were made to fencesfacing the Inya Lake andentrances immediately.The investigationcourt singled out the find-ings as follows:Point No 1: Dr TinMyo Win reported the in-cident to the authoritiesfour days after the intru-sion of Mr Yettaw. Sotraces of the entry anddeparture disappeared.No clues were left.Point No 2: DawAung San Suu Kyi hadreceived the firm evi-dence but she failed toreport it. That was thebook titled Book of Mor-mon left near the back door by Mr Yettaw. SinceDaw Aung San Suu Kyiwithheld the matter of thebook, the authoritiesfound it difficult to ascer-tain the intrusion into thehouse compound. Afterthe intrusion of the housecompound for the secondtime and the arrest of MrYettaw, Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi handed the book to the investigation teamfollowing the statementof Mr Yettaw about thebook.Point No 3: DawAung San Suu Kyi shouldhave reported the intru-sion to the security mem-bers directly and imme-diately but it was in-formed to the authoritieson 4-12-2008, four daysafter the incident throughDr Tin Myo Win. So,clues could not be tracedand the truth could not beascertained. We may ob-serve that Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi herself was weak to cooperate for her ownsecurity.The investigationcourt concluded that sincethe incident took place ina dark night, the intrudermight have been mistakenby Daw Khin Khin Winand her daughter, or theymight have seen one of the security memberspassing through the com-pound. In this connection,there is reason. Some-where around 1990, a se-curity members tried topeep into the house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.He was punished. The in-vestigation team there-fore concluded that thematter was only the as-sumptions of Daw KhinKhin Win and her daugh-ter and that there was nopossibility of seeing anintruder. However, secu-rity officers did their bestfor security. I have saidthat earlier. All I haveexplained aforesaid arethe facts concerning MrYettaw's first intrusion.We have formed aninvestigation group, andthe group is now makinginvestigation into the caseof Mr Yettaw’s secret
(See page 10)
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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 26 June, 2009
Clarificationmade at the pressconference…
(from page 9)
intrusion into the house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyifor the second time. In thatregard, we will have to takeaction against the personsresponsible for the case.Now, I would like toexplain Mr Yettaw’sentering the house of DawAung San Suu Kyi for thesecond time. Mr Yettawarrived in Yangon viaThailand on a tourist visaon 2 May 2009 and he putup at the Beauty LandHotel 2 at 188/192, 33
rd
Street, ward 1, KyauktadaTownship. On 3 Mayevening (the exact time isyet to be confirmed), hewent to University Avenueby taxi from the BeautyLand Hotel. He got intoInya Lake through thedrainpipe near theEmbassy of the Republicof Korea on UniversityAvenue, and he swamtowards the house of DawAung San Suu Kyi. He gotinto the compound of thehouse through thebackyard. The route hetook is the same as that hehad taken to enter the houseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyifor the first time on 30November 2008.At the court, MrYettaw stated that beforedawn on 4 May 2009, hegot into the house, and metwith Daw Khin Khin Winand Ma Win Ma Ma. Hesaid that he had diabetes;that he was exhausted andhungry because of the longswim and he had a fever;that he was served mealswith the permission of DawAung San Suu Kyi; that on5 May 2009, he stayed nearthe toilet-attachedbathroom on the groundfloor the whole day; andthat he presented DawAung San Suu Kyi about53 sheets each saying “Ilove you. Please don’t killher” written by his 10-year-old daughter.Moreover, Daw AungSan Suu Kyi offered MrYettaw a lot of drinkingwater bottles and food, buthe refused to take them.Then, Daw Aung San SuuKyi persuaded him to havesome food in order to keephimself fit. She served himmeals. After 11 pm on 5May 2009, he left the houseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.That time, he chosedifferent route to leave thehouse. He swam acrossInya Lake. The place hewas arrested by securitymembers on 6 May 2009is about 3000 yards fromthe house of Daw AungSan Suu Kyi. The route istoo long and unsafe one,but he did take that routeto leave the house. Whatpuzzles us is why MrYettaw chose that route toleave the house.In the first time on 30November 2008, MrYettaw got into Inya Lakethrough the drainpipe nearthe ROK embassy onUniversity Avenue andentered the house of DawAung San Suu Kyi. Andhe left the house safe andsound, taking the sameroute. In the second time,he took the same routeagain in secretly enteringthe house. The route is theone he recognized well, aswell as the shortest andthe safest one. However,when he left the house, hetook the different route thathe might be arrestedinstead of the previousroute to leave the house.So, it is strange that hechose an unsafe route. It isalso food for thought.Logically, a thief, adacoit or a murderer givesfirst priority to his escapeand security aftercommitting a crime.However, Mr Yettawchose the unsafe, over3000 yards long routeacross Inya Lake, insteadof usual route that was safefor his escape and security.Isn't it strange? Can't wededuce that he incited thisproblem deliberately? Inaddition, we have to think that if there are any ac-complices.Those who do notagree with this commentmay argue and complainthat Mr Yettaw did not re-member the usual way andtook a wrong way becauseit was dark when he leftthe house at night on 5May 2009. But, the 5thMay was the 12
th
Waxingof Kason of Myanmar Cal-endar. It was close to fullmoon day, so the moon-light of the night was nearlyas bright as that of fullmoon day.In the first time, the30
th
November was the 3
rd
Waxing of Nadaw, so itwas a dark night and themoonlight was so dim.But, he could take the rightway to leave the house. Inthe second time, the moon-light was well brighterthan that in the first time,so no doubt he couldchoose the right way. Hehad used the way threetimes — two to enter andone to leave the house.So, it was not difficult atall for him to take thatway for the fourth time toleave the house. We candeduce that there is no rea-son he could not remem-ber the way.According to MrYettaw’s statements,when he arrived in thehouse of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi on the morning of 4 May, he was exhausted,feeble and almostparalyzed and his leg mus-cles were seized withcramps seriously. He hasdiabetes, so at that time hesuffered from a fall inblood sugar. But the medi-cal checkups after his ar-rest do not show that hehas such illnesses. Theremust be a strong reasonwhy such a sick personchose a long way insteadof short, safe way he hadused three times. Thosewho know that may be hehimself and related per-sons and organizations.Mr Yettaw was ar-rested in the water of InyaLake on 6 May 2009morning, about 30 yardsfrom the residence of theCharge d' Affaires of theUS Embassy, and about50 yards from oldKanthaya hospital wheresecurity members werestationed. Near the resi-dence of the US Charge d'Affaires was old Kanthayahospital where membersof Police Battalion (7)were deployed for securityof the perimeter. The chartshowing his entry and exitroutes during his secondintrusion can be seen onthe board.When he was foundin the water, he was ar-rested with 21 items of his belongings includinga camera and six memorycards. Two of the sixmemory cards feature 331photos and a folder of documentary video heshot.The photos include anenlarged photo of a pairof flippers, photos of proc-ess of assembling flippers,a photo of Mr Yettaw indisguise, a photo of theliving room on the groundfloor of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi’s house, and pho-tos of the photos hangedto decorate the livingroom.Apart from them,there are a photo of MrYettaw on arrival at thehouse of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi at night, and adocumentary photo of MrYettaw in the house.According to MrYettaw's statement, au-thorities concerned on 6May confiscated MrYettaw's belongings in aroom called "Diamond"on the fifth floor of BeautyLand Hotel where hestayed. They confiscated61 kinds of items. The listof the item is on the board.Similarly, on 7 May,the authorities concernedconfiscated the gifts thatMr Yettaw gave to DawAung San Suu Kyi. DawAung San Suu Kyi handedover 22 items togetherwith search form to theauthorities concerned.
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