Protester ‘set herself on fire’

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 23 Mei 2014 | 20.01

Footage of the incident has emerged on YouTube. Source: YouTube

A 67-YEAR-OLD woman has reportedly set herself on fire during a protest in Vietnam.

According to a Vietnamese paper, The Thanh Nien Daily , the woman carried banners protesting China to the gate of Ho Chi Minh City's Reunification Palace and burned herself to death at 6am (local time) on Friday morning.

The disturbing incident was captured on video, which was later uploaded to YouTube. The woman has been identified as Le Thi Tuyet Mai.

Palace guards put out the fire in three minutes, but by that time, the woman was already dead.

Authorities say she caught a taxi to the front gate of the Reunification Palace with seven anti-China banners, a petrol can and a lighter before setting herself on fire.

Police are still investigating the horrifying incident.

A local government official, Le Truong Hieu, told the paper he believed the suicide was inspired by "serious life problems", along with China's controversial placement of a mobile oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

Near the site of the oil rig, a Vietnamese Coast Guard ship (blue) goes past a Chinese Coast Guard ship (white). Pic: AFP Source: AFP

China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, and its southeast Asian neighbours have expressed growing alarm over what they see as Beijing's increasingly aggressive actions.

On Wednesday, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said China's deployment of the rig had "seriously threatened peace". The act has already sparked tense confrontations at sea between dozens of Chinese and Vietnamese ships.

The area is believed to harbour vast oil and gas deposits.


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