Vietnam deports Kim Jong Un impersonator

Published Feb 25, 2019

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Hanoi - An Australian impersonator of North Korean leader Kim

Jong Un was deported Monday from Vietnam, days before Kim is

scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, the actor said.

The impersonator, known by his stage name Howard X, was escorted from

his hotel by three officials early Monday, according to his Facebook

page, which included photos of him at the gate of a Vietnam Airlines

flight leaving for Singapore from Hanoi's Noi Bai airport.

X, who plays Kim professionally for events and advertisements,

appeared last week on the streets of Hanoi alongside a Trump

impersonator named Russell White, who has not been deported.

The two men, both sporting the signature haircuts of Kim and Trump

respectively, were photographed shaking hands on the steps of the

Hanoi Opera House in a mock diplomatic ceremony on Friday with hired

security guards.

That night, they were detained and questioned by police and told not

to appear in public during the summit.

X posted on Facebook on Sunday that he had been informed of his

impending deportation, adding he was told his visa had been declared

invalid.

"It just proves that all dictatorships fears any forms of satire,

even something as trivial as an impersonator," he posted.

Trump and Kim are due to meet on February 27 and 28 to discuss

denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, following last year's

summit in Singapore.

dpa

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