A dissident musician dubbed the 'Lady Gaga' of Vietnam was locked in her home by plainclothes police Saturday after she flashed a sign reading "Piss on you Trump" as the US president arrived in town for a state visit.
On Saturday, Mai Khoi held up a banner reading "Piss on you Trump" as the president's motorcade rolled through town, where he is meeting top officials on Sunday.
Several plainclothes police escorted her to her home and locked her inside for several hours.
Her plainclothes escorts had left her house by late Saturday, but she said she was too nervous to leave home.
The 34-year-old musician was barred from running for Vietnam's rubber stamp parliament last year, and routinely faces harassment from authorities.
Analysts also say that Trump's muted criticism of Vietnam's rights record have allowed the crackdown to go unchecked.
Human Rights Watch has said that authorities have become more aggressive in recent months, deploying plainclothes police to assault dissidents. »