Prominent environmental activist Sombath Somphone disappeared in
Vientiane last Saturday according to reports in the Bangkok Post. News
spread quickly across the social media including mention on the
Facebook page of the US Embassy Lao PDR.
spread quickly across the social media including mention on the
Facebook page of the US Embassy Lao PDR.
This follows on the heels of the expulsion of Anne-Sophie Gindroz, the country director for Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation who had made statements critical of the Lao government. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/expulsion-12072012153813.html
I don't know that there is any link between the two occurrences Trying to predict how or why the Lao government does anything is well near impossible.
Both events are the typical way the Lao government deals with any kind of disent. Foreigners are simply kicked out, and Lao nationals disappear to hopefully reappear years later following a sojurn to Huaphan Province.
