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The man jailed for visiting Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has returned home to the US. | The man jailed for visiting Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has returned home to the US. |
John Yettaw arrived in Chicago from Bangkok, where he had been treated in hospital after being deported from Burma on Sunday. | John Yettaw arrived in Chicago from Bangkok, where he had been treated in hospital after being deported from Burma on Sunday. |
Burmese authorities released him from a seven-year prison sentence under a deal struck by visiting US Senator Jim Webb. | Burmese authorities released him from a seven-year prison sentence under a deal struck by visiting US Senator Jim Webb. |
He said he had no regrets about his actions, which led to Ms Suu Kyi's detention being extended by 18 months. | |
She was charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest by sheltering Mr Yettaw, who swam uninvited to her house using a pair of homemade flippers. | She was charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest by sheltering Mr Yettaw, who swam uninvited to her house using a pair of homemade flippers. |
Mr Yettaw, a Mormon, said he had been sent by God to deliver a warning to Ms Suu Kyi that she would be assassinated. | Mr Yettaw, a Mormon, said he had been sent by God to deliver a warning to Ms Suu Kyi that she would be assassinated. |
He arrived in Chicago on Wednesday wearing a surgical mask to guard against infection. His health has been described as fragile. | He arrived in Chicago on Wednesday wearing a surgical mask to guard against infection. His health has been described as fragile. |
He told the Associated Press he had no regrets about what he had done. | |
"If I had to do it again, I would do it a hundred times - a hundred times, to save her life," he said. | |
"That they locked her up, it just breaks my heart." | |
Mr Yettaw, from Falcon, Missouri, was catching a connecting flight to his final destination of Springfield in his home state. | Mr Yettaw, from Falcon, Missouri, was catching a connecting flight to his final destination of Springfield in his home state. |
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