police still resorts to despicable tactic by splashing acid against activist

Talking to reporters, Mrs. Do Thi Thiem, a land dispute petitioner, said she was splashed with acid and is being treated at Saint Paul Hospital in Hanoi.

22 years ago, on July 4, 1991, journalist Tran Quang Thanh was also splashed with acid in Hanoi.

Mrs. Do Thi Thiem, a petitioner from Bac Ninh province is a well-known activist in land dispute lawsuits along with other farmers at Trinh Nguyen village. Police have repeatedly threatened her that they will "give you a lifetime of regret for the crime of being so active in the lawsuits." And now they have acted so.

Land dispute petitioner, Do Thi Thiem, was splashed with acid on the entire chest. Posting this picture on her blog, Bui Thi Minh Hang said: “It’s more accurate to say they ‘watered acid’.”