 |  | John Yettaw (left), 54, who is known to have diabetes and other health problems, was taken from Insein prison to Yangon General Hospital on Monday night, the worker said, and is now recovering after treatment. -- PHOTO: AP |
YANGON - THE American man on trial in Myanmar for swimming to the lakeside home of Aung San Suu Kyi was hospitalised overnight after having convulsions in prison, a hospital worker told AFP on Tuesday.
John Yettaw, 54, who is known to have diabetes and other health problems, was taken from Insein prison to Yangon General Hospital on Monday night, the worker said, and is now recovering after treatment.
'Mr Yettaw was hospitalised since last night. He is getting better now,' said the hospital worker on condition of anonymity.
Mr Yettaw was taken to hospital by police after having a fit, and has been kept under guard in the hospital, away from other patients, the source said, adding that his condition was not serious but not giving further details.
Mr Yettaw, a former military veteran from Falcon, Missouri, is on trial alongside opposition leader Ms Suu Kyi and two female aides of Ms Suu Kyi's after he donned homemade flippers to swim to her home in May.
The devout Mormon said he embarked on his mission to warn Ms Suu Kyi of a vision that she would be assassinated.
He faces charges of abetting Ms Suu Kyi's breach of security laws, immigration violations and a municipal charge of illegal swimming. All four defendants face up to five years in prison.
Mr Yettaw was arrested just days before the most recent, six-year spell of Ms Suu Kyi's house arrest was due to expire in the military-run nation. -- AFPhttp://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking
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