Exiled Thai Activist Abducted in Cambodia, Rights Group Says

Unknown gunmen abducted a Thai political activist in Cambodia’s capital, rights advocates said on Friday, the latest in a series of mysterious disappearances of Southeast Asian dissidents living in exile.

Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, was bundled into a vehicle in front of his Phnom Penh apartment on Thursday, New York-based Human Rights Watch said.

“The abduction of a prominent Thai political activist on the streets of Phnom Penh demands an immediate response from Cambodian authorities,” said Brad Adams, the group’s Asia director .

In full: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-06-05/thai-exiled-activist-abducted-in-cambodia-rights-group-says

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